Explanation:
The Declaration of Independence was drafted as a deductive argument as to why the United
States can and should be a country independent of Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson drafted the
declaration with a series of premises leading to four different conclusions. One being that king
George was tyrant. Two, being that the colonies had a right to be free and independent states.
Three, being that all potical connections between Britain and the colonies should be dissolved.
And lastly four, stating that the “united states” had the right to do all things that free nations do.
These four conclusions then served as premises for the final conclusion that the United States
was now an independent country.
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people (1) to dissolve the
political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of
the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God (2)
entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (3) are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of Happiness . (4)
