Regarding the consequences of the Seven Years' War that led to the rift between the colonies and England, which of the following is NOT correctly stated?
A. The French and Indian threats were removed, so the British government felt they had no need to keep troops in the colonies.
B. The British government was deeply in debt.
C. British imperial officials, with a greatly expanded empire to run, were determined to centralize and extend British rule over the colonies.
D. Both the Americans and the British came out of the war unhappy with the way the other had behaved.
A. The French and Indian threats were removed, so the British government felt they had no need to keep troops in the colonies.
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