The event that started the changes in her life was the hanging. This caused her to think that the british soldiers were evil and cruel. It was a very traumatizing event for her to witness because she was only a young child. The hanging was only the beginning of that part in the story because britain had taken control of the town she lived in and her father was severely wounded by a musket ball that a british soldier had fired. Another big event that happened in the story is that she found out that her brother was not killed. He was being held with the other rebels in King's College. Before that happened a british soldier was assigned to lodge at Sophia’s home. The soldier told her that the rebels were still alive. She should not have
