"The Declaration of Independence" Responses pg. 587-588

Purpose and Audience

1. Jefferson's premise is that the colonies should not be under the control of the king; they should be able to establish their own government because of the awful treatment of them by the king. Jefferson wrote the Declaration well, nothing should be changed. 
2. Jefferson eliminated all strong emotion from his writing in the Declaration; he made it completely based on logic. Jefferson is polite, respectful, yet strong and determined. 
3. Obviously, the Declaration of Independence was intended for King George, but also the colonists and all British men and women. The colonists would be most likely to accept it, considering they have all lived with the awful treatment by the king, but there's still the British faithful that will oppose it. 
4. Jefferson provides not only reasons for separation, but also tells of the effects of the king's judgement and decisions. He uses the word "we" as bringing together the colonies as one, as to show that it is not just him that opposes the king, but a large amount of colonists. 
5. Jefferson says this because when the Declaration is being written, the colonists are still technically British, they have made no single name for themselves other than British colonists. It shows respect. 
6. Jefferson's thesis is in the first sentence of paragraph 32. Maybe he decided to put it there so the king would actually read the Declaration, not just disregard it. Jefferson puts some kind of mystery to the writing as to keep the king reading. 

Style and Structure

1. I think the Declaration relies more on deductive reasoning because Jefferson uses the bad decisions the king has a made and generalizes them saying things like "He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good." Every colonist might not agree with this statement, but for the purpose of the Declaration, this is how Jefferson puts it. Inductive reasoning is used as well, when Jefferson says "...the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions."
2. Jefferson uses the beginning words "He has..." and "For" to show a new idea. The ideas themselves are related from paragraph to paragraph, rather than stating the grievances in any random order. 
3. Every grievance stated holds importance. The more grievances stated, the stronger the argument. Summarizing the grievances would show that Jefferson and the colonists do not feel it necessary to specify and detail every grievance. 
4. Using this as the conclusion unites the colonists as one, "we". This shows the complete  support the writers and signers of the Declaration of Independence had. It shows that if the king wants to argue his points against the colonists, he will have a fight. Not necessarily a physical one, but definitely a fight of some kind.