USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The second paragraph argued that people had the right to change a government when it abused their rights. This paragraph set out Jefferson’s most important ideas about government. In the rest of the declaration, Jefferson listed 20 examples of when the king had abused the rights of Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson uses ethos by presenting the American cause as serious, well-conceptualized and worthwhile, all qualities made clear by the honest tone and intellectual rigor of the declaration. He uses pathos to appeal to the shared roots and blood ties between the Americans and the British.

Detailed explanation-3: -The final draft of the Declaration of Independence contains a preamble, a list of grievances, a formal declaration of independence, and signatures.