The division of the Roman Empire into eastern and western halves was a crucial step in the formation of the "Byzantine Empire", since this Empire "grew" in many ways from the former.
Training for knighthood started at around 7 years of age. Only boys from noble families were allowed to become knights. Boys became squires at the age of 14, and were typically knighted at around 21 years of age.
Some thought war was too drastic. They thought "wait a second, let's not do something crazy here. Let's just try to work with Britain to get our rights back, instead of overthrowing the whole thing and establishing our own thing. That's just too much." Some thought that we would lose the revolution (which, in all honesty, they had good reason to think that) and didn't want to upset Britain.
I'm going to say B because blitzkrieg means flash war in German. Rapid, flash, kind of the same idea.