jefferson and the declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence was written in a time of turmoil. The American Revolution had started at Lexington and Concord during the spring of 1775 and the members of the second continental congress called for independence. The man chosen to write this Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. Born to Peter Jefferson, a successful planter, and Jane Randolph who was a member of Virginia’s most distinguished families. ... Jefferson switches between a deductive argument to an inductive argument. ... Jefferson begins and ends the document with a deductive argument, which is reasoning from the general to the specific. ... Jefferson says that when these rights are threatened by an oppressor or tyrant that the people have the right to abolish this form of government and govern themselves.