He states “Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed” (226 Jefferson). He saying that an old government should not be abolish without a good reason. This needed to be before he gave all the data because it shows how serious the problem was. This helps Jefferson because it shows the reader that he wouldn’t want to change the government for a little problem only for a major issue. For a government to be abolish the power must be enough for all the people in the country to accept changing the government. The colonist did this by having a convention to decide if they were going to declare independence. This was the only logical approach they had left since King George didn’t listen to
He states “Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed” (226 Jefferson). He saying that an old government should not be abolish without a good reason. This needed to be before he gave all the data because it shows how serious the problem was. This helps Jefferson because it shows the reader that he wouldn’t want to change the government for a little problem only for a major issue. For a government to be abolish the power must be enough for all the people in the country to accept changing the government. The colonist did this by having a convention to decide if they were going to declare independence. This was the only logical approach they had left since King George didn’t listen to