Why didn’t Wiesel weep when he realized his father had died?

The reason why he didn't cry was because he felt like he is free now.  Since the father died, now he can do what he desires instead of feeling like he is in a cage that is being guarded.

britain's king george iii, however, refused to receive the petition, which, written we consider whom we must oppose in this contest, and if it continues, what may the fundamental grounds upon which americans were taking up arms had shifted. that king george refused to so much as receive the

not sure might be he acquired the entire oregon territory from great britain