Ch16Lesson3Part1

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 * **The rivalry among the European nation caused their colony around the world to do the same**
 * **France and Great Britan warned each other in India and North America (known as the French and Indian War)**
 * **Great Britan controlled: the 13 original colonies, Canada, French territory west of the Mississipppi River, and a large part of India**
 * **The need for money became a major problem between the British Empire and the 13th American Revolution**


 * **European countries operated under mercantilism**
 * **Stamp Tax was a way to raise money**
 * **Cards proved that the tax was paid**
 * **Colonists claimed that only their legislatures could impose taxes on them**
 * **Parliament claimed that they represented all citizens, even ones in colonies**


 * **Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766**
 * **Disagreement was still there during the 1760's and the early 1770's**
 * **Colonists were stocking up on weapons in 1775**
 * **First shots were fired in Lexington, Massachusetts early in the morning on April 18**
 * **Second continental congress had an army by summer**
 * **Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776**