Gaining inspiration from various historical documents and outside people figures, such as the Virginia Declaration of Rights, number calls and pleas for independence, and his own draft of a Virginia constitution, Jefferson wrote a shocking statement requesting the colonists' rights to rebel against the British and establish their own government, based on the moral standings that all men are created equal and have the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... They were blatantly waging rebellion against their king, and admitting it in writing. ... The Virgini...

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With a very logical style Jefferson is able to communicate his points rationally so that the reader knows there is validity in his statements. ... As stated by Carl Lotus Becker, "It's [Declaration of Independence] primary purpose was to present those causes in such a way to furnish a moral and legal justification for that rebellion" Jefferson writes that it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish the ruling government if that government is destroying its own people. ...

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Many were afraid that the army would be used against them as it had during the Whiskey Rebellion. ... The Federalist accused Livingston of sedition because of his implied threat of popular rebellion; a practice seen in future debates when unlawful power was to be enforced. ...

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