US History › Section C · Toward independence › Topic C.1
War debt and British imperial reform
Britain won its great war with France in 1763, but it came away with a vast interior to defend and a record national debt. The measures it chose to deal with both began to change how many colonists saw their place in the empire.
In this topic
- Victory with a price
- An empire on paper
- Pontiac's War
- The Proclamation of 1763
- Worked example: one line, three viewpoints
- A debt that nearly doubled
- The Sugar Act of 1764
- The Currency Act of 1764
- Worked example: why a lower duty caused alarm
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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