Authors'+Purpose


 * Authors' Purpose **

//The Declaration of Independence// marked the official separation between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. It also helped establish the new American Revolutionary Government.

Purpose: To justify the separation between the thirteen colonies and Britain; and to encourage colonists' to join the fight for freedom against Britain.

One can conclude that it is the purpose because this document places a strong emphasis on the fact that the colonists’ tried to reach a peaceful solution with the British monarchy, but they were ignored. After many of their attempts, colonists' came to the conclusion that **“whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is right of the people to alter or to abolish it”.** The reason behind that is **"all men are created equal"** and that they are endowed with certain **"unalienable rights".**

To help its purpose of justifying the separation between the colonies and Britain, The Declaration points out the 27 specific "repeated injuries and ursurpations" that the thirteen colonies have suffered under British rule.


 * **"...altering fundamentally the forms of our government"**
 * **"imposing taxes on us without our consent"**
 * **"depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury"**
 * **"kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature"**
 * **"cutting off our trade with all parts of the world"**

The Britain monarchy interfered with the colonists’ right to self-government by instituting legislation that levied taxes on the colonists’, removed their right to trial by jury, forced them to quarter British soldiers, and prevented them from trading freely.

While justifying the separation, the author is also appealing to the emotions and ethics of the colonists' in order for them to join the fight against Britain. This is done through the authors' use of language in terms of:


 * ** Allusions**
 * **Ethos**
 * **Logos**
 * **Pathos**
 * **Rhetorical Shift**
 * **Rhetorical Structure**

What was the impact of //The Declaration of Independence// on our nation?