The strategic blunder made by Nicholas Biddle was his __________
A) decision to confide in Henry Clay
B) decision to seek the bank's charter renewal four years early
C) decision to give bank loans to congressmen
D) failure to listen to the advice of Henry Clay
E) advocacy of large loans to immigrants
Answer: B
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a. proclaimed a blockade of the Southern ports. b. increased the size of the federal army. c. suspended the writ of habeas corpus. d. advanced federal funds to private citizens without authorization. e. refused to implement a draft, or conscription law, during the war.
The ________ was an intellectual movement in both Europe and America that celebrated the power of human reason.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
American success in the War for Independence depended on forming an alliance with Prussia
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following best describes the function of the committees of correspondence?
A. They provided legal counsel to patriots whose rights had been abridged by British authorities. B. They provided daily reports on the movement of British troops. C. They assumed the primary responsibility of writing anti-British essays for colonial newspapers. D. They provided a communications network designed to involve more colonists in the resistance movement by widening the movement's geographic scope.