Read these excerpts from daughters of the revolution and their times: 1769–1776 and the loyalists of massachusetts. fiction: daughters of the revolution and their times: 1769–1776 with her father, mother, and tom she had quit drinking tea; why should she not persuade others to banish it from their tables? a thought came to her . . she dipped her pen into the ink, reflected a moment, and then wrote her thought: "we, the daughters of patriots, who have stood and do now stand for the public interest, with pleasure engage with them in denying ourselves the drinking of foreign tea, in hope to frustrate a plan that tends to deprive the community of its rights." in her enthusiasm she walked the floor, thinking of those whom she would ask to sign it. nonfiction: the loyalists of massachusetts three hundred women of boston, heads of families, among them many of the highest standing, had, as early as february, 1770, signed an agreement not to drink any tea until the impost clause of the revenue acts was repealed. the daughters of liberty, both north and south, did the same. the young women of boston followed the example of their mothers, and subscribed to the following pledge: "we, the daughters of those patriots who have, and do now appear for the public interest, and in that principally regard their posterity, as such do with pleasure engage with them in denying ourselves the drinking of foreign tea, in hopes to frustrate a plan that tends to deprive a whole community of all that is valuable in life." how are these two excerpts similar? both have an imagined setting. both describe a specific person. both are based on historical details. both relate the events exactly as they occur.