How do I complete mission 1?

[Wintermute]

I have been doing this for a very long time. I have been trying to increase the revolutionary faction number by completing all the quests they give, setting the newspaper to independent and even jailed the colonial leader but the population stays even. What is actual goal to complete the mission? I can't even find a guide.

[Kunovega]

It tells you as you go what the goals are, you need more revolutionary support to become independent

A guide would just tell you to follow the task overview list as given in game

[Vermillion Cardinal]

Can't recheck atm, but if the end goal is the same as for sandbox (been some time since I played mission 1) I.e. have the needed 60 revolutionary approval and them being 60% of population, and you're unable to accomplish that, then:

1. Have you been taking only the revolutionary immigrants reward from Sofia? It's the only one that matters.

2. Are all your housing covered by newspapers under Independent work mode? Work mode alone doesn't do much if the newspaper doesn't cover enough homes.

3. AFAIK arresting just the faction leader is pointless; you need to reduce the number of royalists so if the above aren't working you might need to start shooting royalists on the streets instead. Never done this precisely because the above two are good enough.

I see in the guide at the Tropico wiki that you have to pick one of three areas to improve citizen happiness with (food, faith, liberty); perhaps that is the condition and you overlooked it.

[Wintermute]

Thanks for your help, folks. I plopped down a heap of newpapers to cover all my houses and that did the trick. The goals to complete the missions are so vague that I would never have figured it out myself. It makes no sense to allow revolutionaries to overthrow your government as something you want. Your goal as the ruler is to encourage a revolution? That's the most counter-intuitive thing I've ever seen in a game. Especially when the tutorial (and tips from experienced players) say the key is to strike a balance between factions. This is my first Tropico game though. Thanks again for your help.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Wintermute:

Thanks for your help, folks. I plopped down a heap of newpapers to cover all my houses and that did the trick. The goals to complete the missions are so vague that I would never have figured it out myself. It makes no sense to allow revolutionaries to overthrow your government as something you want. Your goal as the ruler is to encourage a revolution? That's the most counter-intuitive thing I've ever seen in a game. Especially when the tutorial (and tips from experienced players) say the key is to strike a balance between factions. This is my first Tropico game though. Thanks again for your help.

That's the point, in the colonial era you are NOT the ruler, you are just the governor for the Crown which rules the island

By overthrowing the Crowns rule the people elect you as their new leader, now you own the island in future era's. By making the Crown look evil you are the hero of the people that saved them from oppression (and now you can oppress them if you want)