 And Lynette Kittle of the website Ibelieve.com asked this question. She asked, what led American patriots to believe they could defeat England, the most powerful country of its day? Where did their bold and courageous faith originate? Where did colonists find the strength to rise up and fight to be free from King George and his tyrannical rule? Could it have been the Great Awakening that spread across the 13 colonies just years before the Revolutionary War ever began?