The writer of the American Declaration of Independence is one of the most well-known and important figures in American history; he is one of the founding fathers of the United States of America and has had a great amount of influence over the beginnings of the nation. This man is named Thomas Jefferson. Before his death in 1826. Jefferson served in a number of positions; The President of the United States, the vice president, the governor of Virginia, and in the Continental Congress. Thomas Jefferson was chosen by the committee of five to create the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, which would eventually be edited by Congress to produce the final product. It seems that the audience of the Declaration was mainly the residents of the American colonies themselves. The writer, Thomas Jefferson, had created a long and detailed list of reasons for how the king, King George III, acted as a tyrant on the American people. Likely, the implied concept was to garner larger support from the American populace for the war that was, at the time, being waged against the British Empire. Likely, the secondary audience was the British people themselves. It appears that the idea was to state to everyone that they, the colonies, were, in all seriousness, separating themselves away and also stating their reasoning for why they believed that they had justification in committing the actions that they were.Also, by stating how they were being treated they could have used that in an attempt to gain support from the enemies’ side to help with their cause. In general, the document, while still a very serious, formal declaration, was used to garner support for America in the waging war, the American Revolution. The general tone of the Declaration of Independence shows frustration and dissatisfaction towards the British government, specifically King George III, who was the ruler at the time of the Declaration’s creation. He, King George