The Declaration rests its case on an enumerated, evidence-based bill of particulars.

Evidence

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. — Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 8

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: the Declaration as the first American appellate brief — a pleading format later courts inherit.
• XREF: connects to: Legislative history supplies evidence of an enactment’s purpose and intended meaning — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2460; The Declaration frames its case as provable facts, not mere assertion. — Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 8

Broader Connections

• Legislative history supplies evidence of an enactment’s purpose and intended meaning #corroborates (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2460
• The Declaration frames its case as provable facts, not mere assertion. #corroborates (1.00) — Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 8