In 1783, the American Colonies defeated Great Britain, their former colonial overlord, to achieve independence.
The American Colonies then reformed as the United States of America.
The correct answer is Great Britain.
"<span>B. President Kennedy removed nuclear missiles from Turkey to resolve the crisis" would be the best option from the list, since the Soviet Union removed their missiles from Cuba as well. </span>
In 1863, General Edmund Kirby Smith took command of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department, and unsuccessfully tried to relieve the siege of Vicksburg by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on the opposite eastern banks of the Mississippi River in the state of Mississippi.
Answer: A. Americans were being held hostage by terrorists in Iran.
