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Seven Years' War
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Use the table below to answer the question.
BRITISH NATIONAL DEBT, 1739-1775 (£ Sterling)
Year National Debt
1739 46,954,623
1748 78,293,313
1755 74,571,849
1762 146,682,844
1775 135,943,051
-Source: Sir John Sinclair, historian, The History of the Public Revenue of the British Empire, 1966
Which of the following pieces of legislation passed after 1762 as a reaction to the changes illustrated in the chart?
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(Choice A) The Intolerable Acts
A
The Intolerable Acts
(Choice B) The Albany Plan of Union
B
The Albany Plan of Union
(Choice C) The Townshend Acts
C
The Townshend Acts
(Choice D) The Navigation Acts
D
The Navigation Acts
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Answer 1

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(Choice C) The Townshend Acts

The Townshend Acts were passed in 1767 as a response to the financial demands following the increased British national debt after the Seven Years' War, which significantly affected British colonial policy and taxation.