How did France play a role

in what?

Explanation:

i belive the continental association was created to boycott all contact with british goods.

i also belive it was in december 1, 1774

roosevelt believed that in light of the country's recent military successes, it was unnecessary to use force to achieve foreign policy goals, so long as the military could threaten force. this belief, and his strategy of “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” shaped much of roosevelt's foreign policy.