"This is not a rebellion, this is a mass awakening." The Catholic priest Don Andrea Gallo gave these words in reference to the protests of July 2001; however, his words also describe America in the 1700's. A mass awakening is exactly what incited a soon to come rebellion from Great Britain. One such awakening, appropriately named the Enlightenment, was what truly initiated the revolution. If the reason behind the American Revolution is considered a puzzle, the …showed first 75 words of 1789 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1789 total…last piece to the puzzle of the commencement of the American Revolution. A cliché in "now or never" went into play, and the colonists wanted it now. There was one final petition sent to Great Britain; the Olive Branch Petition. The King paid no regard to this and openly stated the colonists in a state of rebellion. Now, the Americans were definitely in a state of rebellion. This was their awakening, their destiny, their revolution!