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True or false the seven years’war left the british empire in financial distress.

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After the Seven Years War, the British were facing massive debt due to the loans taken during the war to fund it. Soo… it’s true
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Answer:

True.

Step-by-step explanation:

Great Britain spent more than £45 million on the navy during the war - around a quarter of its entire war expenditure.

By the end of the war, Britain's national debt stood at £132.6 million. Interests payments on the debt exceeded half of the British Government's budget. By December 1762, British naval debt had increased to £5,929,125 from £3,072,472 in 1749.

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