Which immediate effect did the French and Indian War have on North America? A. France gave up its holdings on the continent, clearing the way for British
expansion to the north and the west.

B. British colonists won the right to settle formerly French territory from the
Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River.

C. Britain secured control of lands from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi
River, excluding French Canada and Spanish Florida.

D. Spain and Britain each gained access to wide swaths of territory inhabited
by Native Americans when they divided French Louisiana.

the influence of daoism, buddhism, and legalism on chinese culture. unlike confucianism, daoism looked to nature rather than human beings as the source of morality. according to laozi, human society has to conform to the dao (the way), or the essential unifying element of all that is. some interpret dao as nature.

the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.

to keep us neatruel and not get involved in any wars

he assumed control of treaty negotiations with a hostile power