History of the United States I / Unit 5 USH1 0601 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Debt
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The idea
Britain's national debt rose from seventy-five million pounds in seventeen fifty-six to one hundred thirty-three million by seventeen sixty-three.
In practice
Interest payments alone consuming over half the national budget.
Where people slip
The continuing military presence in North America was a constant further drain, and somebody had to pay for it.
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