Rhetorical Analysis

I recently read the "Virginia Charter." It was apparently written by someone representing several nobles, the knights, and the common people of Virginia. The intended audience was King James of England. The tone of the article was both professional and legal. This can ascertained from the constant repetition and writing that is technical and precise. The purpose of the article was to establish basic rules and tenets of the Colony of Virginia. Then it's meant to get the King to ratify this constitution of sorts, from which they will then govern themselves and decide upon their own more complex law systems. The ethos part of their persuasion is when they are describing their right to defend themselves and use words such as "hurt" and "detriment" before "annoyance." This article tries to appeal to the pathos when it goes into detail about taxation, a topic which the king knows quite a large amount. Finally, the Charter touches on the logos when it starts describing the dual colony situation. I believe this article was mildly a persuasive article, but mainly an informative one.