B4

1) When in history a group of people separates itself from their government in order to give the members of their society the ability to exercise their natural and inherent rights they should explain why they are separating.

2) The intended audience that the Deceleration seems to be addressing is the British government to explain their reasons for declaring independence and founding their own government. However, the Declaration also addresses the colonists and future American citizens who will be affected by this decision. The writers of the Declaration of Independence are trying to move Americans to action and persuade them to support their cause. The signers had made this decision but it would go no where if they did not get the support of the people and so they list all the offenses of the British government in order to gain followers.

3) A small group of white, upper-class men made a choice, by signing the Declaration of Independence that affected the rest of the country and eventually the course of world history. This small group was able to gain the support of enough common people in order to fight and defeat the British army. Would I have supported the independence movement? I think it might have been tempting to be a loyalist and support the country that I came from.