Which of the following does NOT describe the American relationship with the French?
A. The French provided secret aid as a way to gain revenge against the British.
B. The French offered an overt alliance in hopes they could regain their lost North American possessions.
C. The Americans sought French aid despite unsettling memories of recent fighting against them.
D. The Americans negotiated a treaty with the British, then persuaded their French allies to go along.
B. The French offered an overt alliance in hopes they could regain their lost North American possessions.
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Which statement best assesses the Washington administration's policy of pacifying the northwestern and southwestern Indian tribes to weaken their friendship with Britain and Spain?
A) New Englanders derailed it because they feared disrupting commercial relations with Britain. B) It constituted the greatest diplomatic triumph of the administration. C) When France's revolutionary government sent Citizen Genet to the frontier to recruit Native Americans for the French side, the policy collapsed D) The Indian Trade and Intercourse Acts went largely unenforced. E) The policy backfired when Britain and Spain declared war on the United States to defend the Indian tribes.
Which of the following was NOT a problem that contributed to the end of the Han dynasty?
a. peasant revolts b. powerful families fighting for power c. epidemics d. invasion by Huns e. lower tax revenues
Unlike the Portuguese or Spanish, the Dutch in Southeast Asia cared little about
a. Profits b. Spices c. Converting people to Christianity d. Coffee e. Dividing and conquering
Which of the following has eroded as a result of the increase in population diversity?
A) Economy B) Politics C) Productivity D) Common language E) Achievement