So they could have more of a say?
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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Following his victory in the northern Virginia campaign, Lee moved north with 55,000 men through the Shenandoah Valley starting on September 4, 1862. His objective was to resupply his army outside of the war-torn Virginia theater and to damage Northern morale in anticipation of the November elections.
From a western context, such as in Germany and Italy, the rise of nationalism and nation-states was most related to imperialism, since it was imperialism that made these nations compete the most.
