The Confederacy worked to gain recognition from __________
A) Spain and the Netherlands
B) Britain and France
C) the independent South American nations
D) Austria and Russia
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The British shifted to a southern strategy after 1778 because
A. the Continental Army was tied down defending the North. B. they felt they could exploit loyalist support. C. they felt they could exploit slave unrest. D. they had been driven out of their beachheads in northern cities.
The British-French-Israeli attack on Nasser's Egypt in 1956 ended
a. with a surprising Egyptian victory. b. with the destruction of the Suez Canal. c. with the Suez Canal permanently under an Anglo-French consortium. d. when the United States condemned the invasion, forcing a withdrawal of foreign troops. e. in an armistice, after which the World Court placed the Suez Canal under United Nations control.
Pressured by British merchants, in March 1766, the British Parliament __________.
A. accepted the idea of virtual representation for American colonists B. repealed the Stamp Act and reduced the duties under the Sugar Act C. agreed to stop impressing British sailors D. refused to repay debts from the Seven Years' War