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

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."

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."

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.

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.

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.

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

"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".