Question

What historical event influenced people

of the Renaissance to view their lives
less controlled by fate and more open to opportunity?

Answer 1

The invention of the printing press made information and new opportunity available to the masses.

Also,

Loss of trade routes due to widespread wars prompted exploration for new routes and opportunities.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

I believe it is because humanism became a thing. Humanism is a system of belief where it lets people start to believe that people are more important than religious religious concepts like believing that something bad happened because god is mad at the people.