What were Thomas Jefferson’s, Alexander Hamilton’s, John Jay’s, and James Madison’s reasons behind the United States historical government documents? During the time period of the founding father’s the American colonies were barely starting to form a government and it had its flaws and they still had to deal with gaining their independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson was written to give reasons to why the American colonies are going to separate from Great Britain. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison wrote the Federalists Papers to try and convince the people of the American colonies to ratify the new constitution. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson gives logical reasoning and also emotional reasoning through the type of words he uses and in the Federalists Papers they use logical reasoning and their credibity to convince the people. When Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence he writes it to explain why the American colonies will be separating from Great Britian. He does that by using logos. An example of this from the Declaration of Independence is when he writes about the king of Great Britain changing things.“For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:”. This passage explains some of the reasons why they separate from Great Britain, Jefferson uses actual facts so that Great Britain can’t deny it. Through out the entire declaration he uses logos to back up why the American colonies leave. He doesn’t want people to think they are leaving just for no reason.
In the Federalists Papers No.10 James Madison explains all the things that the Union promised, but how they never kept the promise. He explains this by using logos. In the Federalists Papers No.10 he gives his knowledge on the situation of the government and explains how even the people realize the government is messed up.“Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and that
“The Declarations of Sentiments and Resolutions” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton is an interesting and persuasive essay on women's rights and equality. The essay uses pathos, logos, and ethos to capture the reader's attention and draw them in into this argumentative piece. Each appeal deeply exercises the importance of equality for both men and women. Throughout her essay, Stanton uses pathos, logos, and ethos to draw the reader's attention and persuade them to stand up for women inequality.
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the United States, explains to his readers why the colonies chose to abolish Great Britain’s government. His goal is to inform the readers that the government has certain responsibilities to the governed and that the British failed to adhere to its responsibilities to its colonists. His second goal is to justify their actions by explaining why it was not considered treason. By establishing his credibility and appealing to ethos, pathos and logos, Jefferson successfully wrote an informative, impactful, and inspirational document.
They didn’t want to follow in Britain’s footsteps, so they created the Articles of Confederation to give people more rights and keep equality among the people. The American government found these influences beneficial and necessary in a society. The Declaration of Independence’s influence is still prominent in our government today. The Declaration of Independence has been an inspiring and guiding document in the development of the American
First of all, logos appeals to the reader’s common sense, beliefs, and values. For example, cause and effect are used in this article as well as facts and data. Carter says: “I was saddened to think of the tragedy that might occur if this great wilderness was consumed by a web of roads and pipelines, drilling rigs and industrial facilities.” (Carter par. 4)The cause here is that the people
The Federalist Papers Ten and Fifty-One were the ideal papers written by Madison to support th¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬e ratification of the Constitution. Out of all the federalist papers, these are two of the most important federalist papers. So what were the federalist papers? They were 85 essays written by three gentlemen: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that explained particular provisions of the Constitution in detail. Alexander Hamilton goes on to be the first treasury secretary, James Madison goes on to be the fourth president and John Jay the first chief justice in US history. So what was the purpose of these papers? Well, they were written to gain support for the US Constitution, especially in New York. While many people might see it as inevitable, the Constitution was a revolutionary step. Because of the revolutionary nature of the new constitution, arguments were necessary to rationalize it. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York were the states critical to the success or failure of the Constitution. Of these four states, New York by far was the state where the success of the constitution was in the most doubt. Quickly, Alexander Hamilton decided that a massive propaganda campaign was necessary in New York, more than in any other state. So with the help of James Madison and John Jay, he published several essays in different newspapers in New York. There is really little
1B) The Declaration of Independence uses several rhetorical strategies, making the argumentative testament of the wrongdoings of the king an effective in pursuing equality for all men. Jefferson utilizes logos, pathos and ethos to prove his point to the country holding their liberty prisoner. Jefferson’s use of logos begins with stating the obvious reason the king should set the people free: the people have the right to the pursuit of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” (2). The King has not done good to the people, in fact he has refused to pass the laws necessary to create order, dissolved representative houses, cut off trade, and imposed unlawful taxes upon the people. They have the basic human rights given to them by God that should set them free from the tyrannical king. Some of the emotional side of Jefferson’s views slip into this argument, such as "mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable" (5). While stating further wrongdoings, Jefferson’s use of pathos increases, raising the rage of the republic at the injustice of the rules they have been subjected to. “He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation” (26). Jefferson calls for a sense of empathy from the crown and establishes a sense of severe discontent
Between the years 1787 and 1788 John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote a series of eighty-five papers in order to convince people to ratify the United States Constitution. During this time period there were two different sides. The Federalist, who wanted a more centralized government and to achieve ratification of the constitution to help manage the debt and tensions following the American Revolution. The support of this group was strongly centralized
The Federalists believed that a strong national government would be most efficient in leading the country, and would put an end to the challenges that America was currently facing. As described in Document 3, and efficient, protecting and new government was needed to end the distress and complaints of American citizens. The Federalists also believed that the independence that they had just fought for would be lost without a stronger government, with Document 4 describing independence as a blessing that would cease to exist without a strong and efficient government. The Federalists promoted the ratification of this new constitution by explaining that it originated from common citizens. John Jay explains that “The constitution comes reccomended to you by men and fellow citizens who...love their liberty and their country.” (Doc 5). Jay encouraged others to support the ratifcation of this new constitution by appealing to citizen’s love for their country, and that if you love your country and liberty, then this constitution would help to preserve
When the colonists came from Great Britain, they didn't have much knowledge on how to run a strong government. They first created the Articles of Confederation, but it didn't last very long. In the middle of the 1776, in Philadelphia, the people had chosen to have the Continental Congress meeting. During this meeting they discussed how they would like to declare independence from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson had taken on the role of writing the Declaration of Independence.
As a reader, I found this sentence very powerful, and I’m sure when it was written, it was even more so, seeing as the writers/readers were the ones experiencing the suffering. Another place that Jefferson appealed to pathos was in the last sentence. He says, “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” By showing how much everyone is willing to sacrifice (lives, fortunes, and honor), it illustrates the amount of heart and passion that went into this document. Logos of the document: Logic/reason The entire first paragraph is telling the readers why this declaration of independence needs to made in the first place. He states that there is a time when a society needs to break away from its past leader (Britain) and rely on the powers of God and the earth to create a new community. He is using logic to help his readers understand the meaning of this document. He continues to use logos in explaining why this declaration is important as he explains that it will “secure these rights,” which pertain to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Another time, logos is used in the declaration is when Jefferson is addressing all the wrongs the King of Britain did, and he lists them. He presents his evidence very
The once British colonists, now Americans, worked hard to define their ideal political structure and government. Many political documents such as the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, Declaration of Independence, and so on helped define our ideal political structure. Most of these documents were written by our seven Founding Fathers. The documents were written to convince other Americans to join them and help build a new nation, one independent from Great Britain, of united states and united people. As a result, these documents helped Americans define their ideal political structure and government.
There is a chain of 85 essays called the Federalist Papers that were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. These papers were written for the purpose of getting the citizens of New York to support the Constitution over the Articles of Confederation. In Federalist No. 15, “The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union” written by Alexander Hamilton, can be associated with today’s politics.
In the Federalist Papers number seventeen and forty-five, Hamilton and Madison, write to the people not to fear central or national government. In both of the papers it is reassured the states will still have power over their citizens, more than the national. The goal of The Federalist papers was to gain the trust of the people and help them understand the purpose of ratifying the constitution. The main topic of these two articles is the failures of the Articles of Confederation and guaranteeing the states powers.
“A nation without a national government is, in my view, an awful spectacle.” These were the exact words of Alexander Hamilton, one of the three mysterious authors who wrote the Federalist papers. In which James Madison and John Jay are also the author who composed these 85 essays to support the U.S. Constitution. They wrote under the name of Publius to keep discrete from the people being political figures no citizen in the right mind would have taken the time or even considered listening to what any of these men had to say. Being the anonymous writer people started considering that in some way the constitution would be the best for the country. Today I will thoroughly explain what the Federalist papers did for the constitution and how they
The Americans had a great fear in the new United States about a return to a strong and powerful central government. Madison showed examples of ancient and modern confederacies to allay with the fears. Madison used the Lycian Confederacy, Amphictyony Confederacy, Achaean Confederacy, Helvetic Confederacy, Belgic Confederacy, Germanic Confederacy,