They were signing a petition to establish the 'Columbia Territory'.
Answer:
The story of Sybil's daring ride wasn't widely known during her lifetime, and her name doesn't come to mind when most people think about the heroes of the American Revolution. But her courageous actions helped the colonists eventually win the war.
Explanation:
They could have had second thoughts and wanted to not be a Jew so then they wouldn’t be put as slaves or maybe they thought their Jewish god wasn’t helping them because the Jewish god doesn’t like them
He was talking about the fact that they burden has to do with the white men being better than the people that were their (native) people he was talking about. He stated they were blessed with being better in every sense and that was hard to deal with at the time! Hope this helps!