CHAPTER 11
LESSON NINE: COMPETITION FOR COLONIES
As colonies became the profit centers for European empires, the American colo- nies became a theatre of war between the French and the British. Students will learn about the enormous cost the British paid to protect their American colonies in the protracted French-Indian War. . They will also debate the British solution of getting the colonists to pay for their military defense through increased taxation. We will begin tracing how this sparked a mutual resentment that would culminate in revolution.
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