Author Question: Britain did not protest too loudly against the Union naval blockade of the Confederacy because a. ... (Read 30 times)

Davideckstein7 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Britain did not protest too loudly against the Union naval blockade of the Confederacy because

a. Britain might want to use a similar blockade in a future war.
b. the British government clearly supported the Union.
c. it would have been useless to try to run the blockade.
d. profits were not high enough to justify the risk.
e. the blockade was very ineffective in cutting off shipments of commercial goods including cotton from the Confederate ports to Britain.

Question 2

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to

a. raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense.
b. punish the American colonists.
c. reduce the number of printed documents in America.
d. enable tax collectors to become wealthy.
e. raise taxes to a higher level than in Britain.