Author Question: The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from a. British navy vessels on ... (Read 87 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

a. British navy vessels on loan to the South.
b. swift blockade-running steamers.
c. the threat of mutiny from pro-southern sailors.
d. the entrance of the British and French navies as direct military combatants on behalf of the Confederacy.
e. the ironclad Merrimack (renamed the Virginia) warship, which destroyed two wooden ships of the Union navy off the Chesapeake Bay and threatened to destroy many more wooden Union warships.

Question 2

When colonists shouted No taxation without representation, they were denying Parliament's power to

a. legislate for the colonies in any matter whatsoever.
b. levy revenue-raising taxes on the colonies.
c. enforce the old Navigation Laws.
d. regulate trade in the empire.
e. choose colonial legislators who would pass taxes.