<span>Britain and France had been competing for wealth for centuries. By 1700 they were two of the strongest powers in Europe. Their long rivalry aroused bitter feelings betwen British and French colonists in North America. Also, in America, in the 1700s, both France and Britain wanted to claim the Ohio River Valley.</span>
As you know, Germany was an absolute mess after World War I. Citizens were starving, and thousands of Germans had lost their job. Adolf Hitler saw this as an opportunity to manipulate Germans into thinking it was the Jews who had caused all their troubles. People were desperate and hopeless. They need someone to tell them what to do, and how to fix this mess. They needed someone to tell them who to blame for their starvation and their losses. Adolf Hitler, unfortunately, rose up and became that person.
"First, I want you to starve.
Then I want you to lose your job.
Now you're looking for someone to blame?
That's when I step in and start to dictate."
