The reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
a. stop Spain from extending its empire.
b. help win the War of Jenkins's Ear.
c. stop the Indian attacks on its outposts.
d. link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.
e. be able to put more of its settlers there in order to increase farm production.
d
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All of the following prevented American Indian tribes from developing a unified resistance to the first European aggression in the 1400s and later in the 1500s and 1600s EXCEPT
A) American Indians thought of themselves as particular tribes or some other discrete population and not as American Indians or Native Americans. B) American Indians had very different conceptions among themselves of the goals and objectives of warfare. C) American Indian tribes were loath to break their trading relationships with Europeans that benefited their well-established trading networks. D) American Indian tribes were not prepared to drop European allies who could be enlisted to attack long-standing American Indian enemies.
The ________ Act made it a crime to criticize the President or Congress.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Shay's Rebellion
a. Erupted because of Congress' inability to pay debts owed to Revolutionary War veterans b. Was crushed by an effective military response from the national government c. Reflected anger in Massachusetts over high taxes and lack of debt relief d. Sought to force the United States into rejoining the British Empire e. Elicited considerable support for the Articles of Confederation
The last surviving Islamic outpost in Spain before 1492 was
A. Granada. B. Balearic Islands. C. Aragon. D. Castile. E. Portugal.