Appeals to were common colonial era rhetoric because so many people believe in rationalism

Logos is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Logos is an appeal to your logic, and logic means that you are thinking rationally. Rationalism, in Western philosophy, is the view that regards reason as the main source and test of knowledge. Supporting that reality itself has an fundamentally logical structure, the rationalist states that a class of truths exists that the intellect can hold directly.

yes the first one is correct .