In order to pay off the debt, Britain had to impose new taxes on the colonies, which caused the colonies to despise Britain more and more, and eventually led up to the American revolution. ... devised a plan that placed new duties on paper, paint, lead, glass, alcohol, and tea that were imported into the coloniesFollowing the conclusion of The French and Indian War, England was faced with a at least two problems pertaining to her North American colonies that needed to be addressed. The first of which was how to recover from the burden of an enormous amount of debt that had befallen on England secondary to their war efforts. The second was how to control and govern the newly gained territories gained from the French with the treaty of 1763. England’s answer to these two problems for came in the form of numerous social and economic constraints such as taxes, acts, and programs imposed on the colonists in an effort to establish greater control. Ultimately however, England’s efforts to gain greater control were unsuccessful largely due to leading the colonists to believe that England was encroaching on their believed right for fair representation and self-governing, and the final result was uniting the colonists against a common enemy in what eventually would become The American Revolution. .
I’m not sure on politics, however that time period is when society developed the middle class and started to have “rules” of society, like you aren’t supposed to wear this and don’t act this way, etc.
