Of the following, the only argument not put forward by the war hawks as a justification for a declaration of war against Britain was that
a. the British armed Indians and incited them to raid frontier settlements.
b. British impressment policies were an affront to American nationalism.
c. Britain's commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America's profitable New England shipping business.
d. British Canada and Spanish Florida were attractive and easily obtainable prizes of war.
e. the orders in council stopped the flow of Western farm products to Europe.
c
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b. they staged work-stoppages. c. they organized street demonstrations. d. they used research to counter claims that undocumented workers took jobs away from legal Americans. e. all of these choices.
During the Adams administration, __________
A) Great Britain continued to pose problems for the nation B) domestic problems occupied the president's full attention C) France reacted negatively to the terms of Jay's Treaty D) few Americans seemed concerned with foreign affairs E) France became a closer ally thanks to the terms of Jay's Treaty
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The British policy of salutary neglect in the first half of the eighteenth century involved
a. avoiding contact with the native peoples of North America in the hope of maintaining peaceful relations on the frontier b. encouraging colonists to not focus of the religious practices of their neighbors but instead live and let live c. allowing for the North American colonies to develop economically without rigid enforcement of mercantilist trade laws d. cutting political ties with the North American colonies and redirecting attention to colonies in Africa and Asia e. letting children play on their own, away form the watchful eyes of adults