What Made the British Authorities Wary of Declaring War Against

question 15

Multiple Choice

What made the British authorities wary of declaring war against the French in North America in 1754?

• A) Native American tribes were sure to side with the French over the British.
• B) The colonists protested against the deployment of British troops in North America.
• C) They believed the American colonists were incapable of cooperating in their own defense.
• D) The king insisted that the colonies were not generating enough income to support a war.

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Operant Conditioning

A pedagogical strategy that tweaks the strength of a behavioural action via encouragement or disciplinary measures.

Classical Conditioning

A training technique involving the repeated coupling of two stimuli, where a reaction initially caused by the second stimulus is ultimately induced by only the first stimulus.

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Strengthened or encouraged, often in the context of behaviors being made more likely to occur through positive or negative reinforcement.

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