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Why did Britain judge the old colonial system inadequate once the fighting with France ended?
AIt had raised more revenue than London could spend
BIt had given the colonies seats in Parliament
CIt had failed to secure colonial support even in war
DIt had left the French in control of Canada
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. It had failed to secure colonial support even in war
1. Victory over France more than doubled British territory in North America.
2. Defending and administering that territory needed large sums of money and more officials.
3. The colonies had offered little support for the war and had gone on trading with the enemy.
4. Even with their own existence at stake, the system had proved incapable of securing colonial cooperation or support.
5. If it failed under that pressure, London saw no reason to expect it to work in peacetime.
6. The system had not overflowed with revenue, since extracting revenue was exactly the problem.
7. Canada had just been conquered, so leaving it in French hands was not the complaint.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section FIRST STIRRING OF UNITY_
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