Declaration Of Independence Analysis

The Declaration of Independence and Mississippi were written during two different wars in the American history. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson during the Revolutionary War. He wrote about the people’s rights and freedom from the British. The British ignored them, and the colonists took action and warned the British from time to time. Mississippi was written as different version of the The Declaration of Independence, but Mississippi explains that people want to keep slavery and they also want to be away from the Union during the Civil War. These documents show their similarity with purpose and structure, but Declaration of Independence is more successful in levels of author’s tone, audience awareness, formal

From The Declaration of Independence, its tone was reasoning because it was giving reasons, and it was put thought to it. Jefferson stated, “…as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends” (3). This explains that the Colonists have given the British a choice, and the British can leave them or attack them again. But for Mississippi Declaration of Secession, the tone is more desperate, and there is no other way. According to the Mississippi, “It is not a matter of choice, but of necessity” (2). This proves that they have no choice, and they want war to bring back slavery. This is also proving that The Declaration of Independence was more friendly while Mississippi shows a

The Declaration of Independence tried to get attention to the world to understand the purpose of their document. According to the document, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” (1). Jefferson shows that the audiences are involved, and he tried to give them hope and spirit that they will beat the British. Mississippi was only able get the white rich people’s attention. From Mississippi, it stated, “We must either submit…the loss of property worth four billions of money…” (2). This proves that this is a vast deal for rich people when they lost a ton of slaves versus a poor white people who would have one or two slaves. This document was able to get people who might lose their money. Some audience would not care much about Mississippi, but they would pay attention more to The Declaration of Independence. This is important because the audiences have more connection to The Declaration of Independence than Mississippi Declaration of