Answer: ENGLAND
The "privateers" were privately owned ships and ship captains. But they had the approval and support of the English government under Queen Elizabeth I (who ruled England from 1558-1603). If they were operating without a government's support, we'd simply call them pirates. But their acts of piracy against the Spanish were part of an overall campaign of England against rival Spain. But since they were "privateers" and not technically in the government's employ, Elizabeth's government could always maintain some denial of responsibility for their actions. Some famous names among the English privateers were Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.
-French/Indian War: 1)The British had gained more land in the New World(receiving Canada & Florida) 2)Treaty of Paris(France gave up North American territories.
-The British decision to tax colonists: 1)Colonists wanting to leave the British government and create their own started to boycott and refusing to buy certain goods from the British 2)colonies fought for their rights, Second Continental Congress decided to form a Continental Army to fight for their rights
-The Colonial Boycott of British Goods: 1) Crippled British trade, Sugar and Stamp Act were imposed
-American Revolution: 1) American colonies were free from the British and became an independent country 2)Religious tolerance and free from monarchy rule
President Eisenhower's threat to use atomic weapons probably deterred all of the following except "<span>a. the Vietnamese ousting their" government, since this threat was only meant to be made in the context of the Cold War. </span>
