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The Declaration of Independence

At the Second Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. He appealed to the British government for independence based on logical and ethical reasons (States and Jefferson). He claims that governments are established to protect the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of the people. In case a government fails to protect these rights of people, it must be altered or abolished and replaced by a new one. He asserts that when a government continues to misuse its powers for a long time, it is the universal right of people to dismiss such a government (Howell). He quotes many examples from the reign of Great Britain’s King at that time and affirms that the people of his country must get freedom from the British Empire. He states that the king does not attend to the laws passed in the colonies, necessary for the public’s welfare, for years to approve or reject them. Administration of justice is the basic need of people in any state, whereas the king has created obstacles in establishing a proper judicial system. The king has appointed officers in the colonial states, who torment the people and exploit the resources that are meant for their living. The king has imposed on the people a system of jurisdiction that does not comply with their constitution and is not supported by their law. This leads to an emotional, psychological, and ideological suffering of the people. Jefferson further claims that the king has implemented unfair policies of boycotting their trade with the outer-world, levying unfavourable taxes, punishing against so-called offences, and so on (Young). He has forced people to become enemies of their brothers and friends. Under the king's rule, the lives of people, their territories, and natural resources – nothing is safe anymore. All the aforementioned reasons and many more alike compelled Jefferson to appeal for freedom.

References

States, United, and Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence. Achille J. St. Onge, 1970.

Howell, Wilbur Samuel. “The Declaration of Independence and Eighteenth-Century Logic.” The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History, 1961, pp. 464–84.

Young, Alfred Fabian. The American Revolution. Northern Illinois University Press, 1976.

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