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Climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time (like a couple of years) and in a specific region. Weather is the short term, day-to-day changes.
I believe the answer is it committed the colonies to being independent.
I would go with realism bc the definition of it is: the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.
I hope this helps you :) also, if you could choose two answers I would go with intellectualism too
