<span>Britain and France had been competing for wealth for centuries. By 1700 they were two of the strongest powers in Europe. Their long rivalry aroused bitter feelings betwen British and French colonists in North America. Also, in America, in the 1700s, both France and Britain wanted to claim the Ohio River Valley.</span>
Answer:
By giving the president larger powers to use force and other means necessary to face the communist moves in Southeast Asia.
Explanation:
The so-called Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by Congress on August 7, 1964. It authorized president Lyndon B. Johnson "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communists of North Vietnam.
It followed the alledged attack on two U.S. Navy destroyers by North Vietnamese boats in international waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. This resolution opened the door to full military engagement by the US in the conflict in Vietnam.
A lot of things did, in various places around the world. The events that jump out in my mind when those dates are mentioned are these:
<u>May 14th, 1948:</u>
The provisional government of the portion of the British Mandate for Palestine that was designated by the UN partition as reserved for Jewish administration declared that it was becoming a free and independent sovereign nation called Israel.
<u>May 15th, 1948:</u>
The massed armies of Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq rolled into Israel with big signs on the front of their tanks that read "Oh No You're Not !" .
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