How did these social, economic, and intellectual forces lead the colonies toward revolution?

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How did these social, economic, and intellectual forces lead the colonies toward revolution?

Intellectual

The ending of a story is essential. We all know that if the ending is weak, what happened before loses its importance. So make it unpredictable, but fair. A resolved ending answers all the questions and ties up any loose threads from the plot.

Declaration of Independence

This is the moment when the main character surpasses the last obstacle and finally faces their greatest challenge.
The climax usually follows one of these patterns:

• realization
• resolution
• choice

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"

This may help people, such as historians, say that most conflicts from this point on were all, in a way, the fault of "all men are created equal".

The Declaration of Independence lead to more trouble because this document allowed England full control over all the colonies.

Economic

The middle of the story is where you add layers of complications that will lead to the end. Reveal more about the character's journey. Did their personality go through changes? How did they overcome the challenges? And as you build up the story’s central conflict, make it more personal to that character. Also, from the middle act, you have to lead into the final act.

Lifestyles in Different Places

There wouldn't be any tension and excitement in your story if there weren't any obstacles in your character's way.

Though all places were different, a big factor in lives in this time period was religion, especially in the different British Colonies. Churches became the most important sites for the colonists in these places. One church was the Christ Church. The Christ Church was the site for all issues economic, political and social.

Wealth & Equality

Each story has a main character and that character usually needs to solve a problem or challenge. The character's challenge is the one that creates tension throughout the story.

In the Royall Family sources it was stated that "Colonial elites used clothing, houses, portraits, furniture, and manners to participate in a culture of gentility that they believed placed them on equal footing with elites in England." The source also states that "Mary Palmer's pointed finger and Isaac Royall's hand on his hip were poses drawn from other major artistic works and were intended to convey their ease and refinement, while their silken clothes communicated wealth."

These two quotes help demonstrate how different lives were. While slaves were treated as objects and mistreated horribly, the wealthy all believed they were equal to others of wealth and all used different objects and behaviors to communicate their wealth to other people around them.

Social

Life as a Slave

The setting (time & place) of a story can change throughout the plot.

The experience of Boston King helps people understand how terrible slaves were treated during this time.

King states that, in order to escape cruelty from slave owners, he ran away to Charles-Town and practically threw himself into the hands of the English were they took him in and he "began to feel the happiness of liberty, of which I knew nothing before". This goes to show what slaves would put themselves threw in order to gain their freedom and not be in the hands of their owners anymore.

Women

Characters are essential to a good story. Usually, the protagonist(s) is/are the most affected by the plot. Introduce a character by focusing on their actions, interests, and occupation, as the physical appearance doesn't make a difference in most cases.

In her letter to John Adams, Abigail states that "I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors."

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By stating this, Abigail is asking John to allow the women to have some sort of power in the government, and to not make it so easy for men to become tyrants. Although, John takes her request to "Remember the Ladies" as a joke and to that only replies "As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but laugh."