<span>During the 1770's, the second continental congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III requesting to settle their differences peacefully without going to war. King George III rejects the petition outright. He claims the colonies are in open rebellion and if they continue in there rebellion they will all be put to death as traitors. The significance is that this is the point of no return and what seals the fate of the colonies. They now know that this means war with England and if they loose they will be executed.</span>
The American Revolution, having been successful, inspired those in the 3rd Estate (the lower class) to revolt. Why should they be oppressed, they wondered, by an unfair higher power, when the colonists, experiencing (what they thought was) the same thing, could overthrow their oppressive power?
Religion because I just learned about this last week and the book said that religion was the center of life