Britain Intervened in the Colonies in New Ways in the 1760s

question 98

Multiple Choice

Britain intervened in the colonies in new ways in the 1760s

• A) because the colonial leaders asked it to.
• B) because the colonial economies were in chaos.
• C) because it sought to abolish slavery.
• D) to raise funds to pay for the debts incurred by the Seven Years' War.
• E) to redistribute wealth from the elite planter class to the working class.

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