Why did Prime Minister George Grenville decide to increase British economic and political control over the North American colonies?Group of answer choicesNorth American colonists had become too willful and independent so he wanted to put them back into their secondary position.By carefully regulating economic growth, the new colonial policies gave the British empire access to new resources.The war had left Great Britain deeply in debt and he wanted to increase the income coming from the North American colonies.He responded to the requests of colonial governors who asked for more British involvement.
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