2. How did Thomas Jefferson's language in the
Declaration of Independence make the colonies feel they
had the right to revolt?
a. Jefferson argued that the tactics of the British
government so oppressed the colonists that their only
choice was to revolt.
b. Jefferson argued that when the government did not do
its job by protecting individual rights, the people could
form a new government.
c. Jefferson made the argument that the colonies were not
being fairly represented in the British Parliament.
d. Jefferson used the example of the Seven Years' War to
convince the colonists they needed to revolt.
e. Jefferson's language argued convincingly that the
excessive taxes being imposed by the British justified
the colonists' revolt.