WHat happened before the Britains headed for America

The fighting over the land in palestine is between?

The second continental congress: a. made provisions for a continental army with george washington as commander-in-chief b. adopted a “declaration of causes of necessity of taking up arms” c. endorsed the olive branch petition d. all of the above

Why did louis xvi call a meeting of the estates-general in 1789? how long had it been since such a meeting had been called?