What type of rhetorical appeal does jefferson rely on in
this passage?
how does he make this appeal?
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.
he has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome
and necessary for the public good.
he has forbidden his governors to pass laws of
immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in
their operation till his assent should be obtained; and
when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to
them.
-the declaration of independence,
thomas jefferson
by describing his background in law
by listing facts to prove his case
by detailing the physical pain of his injuries