Impact of the Defeat on Britain

Question 1

1. What was the immediate impact of the defeat on Britain?
   - Who was Lord North replaced by?
2. What was the national debt from the war by 1783?
   - What else was disrupted with European countries and colonies?
3. What did defeat NOT lead to?

Answer 1

1. Resignation of PM Lord North, 1782 & formation of coalition govt.
   - William Pitt.
2. £230m.
   - Trade.
3. Revolution.

Question 2

1. What continued to grow in Britain?
2. By what year had Britain’s trade with its former colonies reached pre-war levels?
   - 1783-92: Value of British exports to Europe ______.

Answer 2

1. Population.
2. 1785. • Doubled.

Question 3

1. What did Britain alter in Ireland in 1780?
   - Why?
2. What did the British repeal in Ireland in 1782?
   - What did this give the Irish?

Answer 3

1. The mercantilist system, to allow Ireland to trade directly with British colonies.
   - It was causing protest.
2. Declatory Acts, 1719.
   - Effective legislative independence.