No the court didn't thats why it resulted in the mishap.
First would be the in 1937 where the Communist Party has been created which separates the Chinese people and the National Government. Second is when all foreign influences has been expelled in China. Third, Mao Zedong led tge Communist's Party where he took advantage of the situation. Fourth, the Chinese industry had slowed down due to the tension between the Nationalists and Communists. The fifth one would be the escape of the Communist Party. At the end, the Communist and Nationalist troops combined to create the National Revolutionary Army.
The new sense of identity in the American colonist helped lead to revolution because:
B. They viewed themselves as individuals of their states (Virginians, Rhode Islanders….etc.) that had self-governed for so long that King George’s taxes were infringing on their rights.
With a new sense of identity not liked to the British Royalty, it lead to a revolution for independence.
Plate tectonics is what you are referring to?