Britain. Thus began the War of 1812 (a bit of a historical curiosity, since the United States declared the war and then waited for Britain to come and fight rather than immediately invading or attacking).
The successful attempt to put the satellite Sputnik into space confirmed the fear of the US citizens that the Soviet Union was capable of potentially placing weapons into space (like missile-technology satellites, etc).
C,C,W,W,C,C,W,C,C,W in that order
