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What event increased great britain’s national debt

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French and Indian War

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Many things increased Britain's debt including the French and Indian war. The British forced colonists to pay taxes to help repay their debt.

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The costs of fighting a protracted war on several continents meant Britain's national debt almost doubled from 1756 to 1763, and this financial pressure which Britain tried to alleviate through new taxation in the Thirteen Colonies helped cause the American Revolution.

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