Political approach: which changes seem to have been made to the Declaration of stylistic reasons, such as brevity or clarity, and which changes for political reasons? In your opinion, was the Declaration a more powerful argument for freedom and equality in Jefferson's original words, or did the changes strengthen its impact?

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Tania Cantrell

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5 February, 06:45

Political approach: which changes seem to have been made to the Declaration of stylistic reasons, such as brevity or clarity, and which changes for political reasons? In your opinion, was the Declaration a more powerful argument for freedom and equality in Jefferson's original words, or did the changes strengthen its impact?

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Aiyana Alvarez · Answer 1

Answer: The deletions dealing with slavery and British were made for political reasons. Many changes as substituting "free" for "people who mean to be free" are stylistic changes.

Explanation: In my opinion, the Declaration of Independence would be more powerfull in Jefferson's original words, c'ause in your write we can identify clarity of causes that brings powerfull emotions for changes, that could be used, in that time, by people to reach your independence.