"british victory against france in the seven years' war to cause the american revolution." which answer best explains why this quotation is true? a) france sought revenge and stirred-up colonial anger against the british. b) the british attempt to industrialize canada offended the american colonists. c) britain became overconfident, resulting in a failed invasion of spanish florida. d) the british increased colonial taxes in order to pay for the victory over france.

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.