B. <span>It was weak militarily, but it was a Golden Age for the economy and the arts.
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Answer:
Following Beauregard's bombardment in 1861, Confederate forces occupied Fort Sumter and used it to marshal a defense of Charleston Harbor. Once it was completed and better armed, Fort Sumter allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard.
B<span>y proclaiming neutrality and signing treaties with Britain and Spain.</span>
Causes of the American Revolution were that the British Government set taxes on goods for the American Colonies to pay without the consent of the American people themselves. The Result was that the American Colonies gained independence for the British Empire.
