Jamie Dooley Draft Essay one On July 4, 1776 the colonist declared their independence from Great Britain. In doing this, Thomas Jefferson constructed this brilliant document entitled The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. This document was meant to bind the colonies together and tell the world that the colonies were now independent states that were not under Great Britain’s rule anymore. Jefferson starts the Declaration of Independence by telling the colonist “to dissolve political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth…to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” Because of the kinds tyranny and the governments oppression, he is saying it is their duty to separate from Great Britain and to “declare the cause” of why they are separating themselves. In the second paragraph, Thomas Jefferson does not start listing the reasons why the colonist must separate from England. Instead, he reinforces what he said in the first paragraph, using more logos than before. He lists “certain unalienable rights”. These rights are “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Obviously the parliament was denying the colonists these rights. Therefore the logical thing to do is to separate and become independent. By using the word “duty” and “rights”, Jefferson clearly gets his point across that separation is the only option. “The History of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.” Jefferson continues touse logos, but with this sentence he also adds pathos. This transitions the document because Jefferson starts to list all the things “He” has done wrong. Anger is the main emotion that is building. The colonist have anger for being treated wrongly, but...