Sentence:  John Adams asserted in the Continental Congress ' Declaration of Rights that the demands of the colonies were in accordance with their charters , the British Constitution and the common law , and Jefferson appealed in the Declaration of Independence `` to the tribunal of the world '' for support of a revolution <WSD>justified</WSD> by `` the laws of nature and of nature 's God '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  show to be right by providing justification or proof