Often when people are feeling oppressed, they tend to separate themselves from the oppressor leading to the person becoming independent. This is also true for the American colonists who felt that their basic human rights had been taken from them due to the mistreatment by the British. Thomas Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence (1776), asserts the reasons why the American colonies are becoming independent from Great Britain. Among these reasons lie the abuse and tyranny of the British king, George III, upon the colonists. Through his use of structure, syllogism, and diction, Thomas Jefferson portrays the message that separation is a
