The National Debt (thread 17), Episode 3: When Debt Became a Crime: Grenville and the Stamp Act

We dig into how Britain’s massive war debt after the Seven Years’ War pushed George Grenville to impose the Sugar and Stamp Acts—and how that financial squeeze turned into a constitutional fight that helped spark the American Revolution.

It’s wild: borrowing won an empire, but paying for it nearly lost one. Listen in to see how money, politics, and principle collided in the 1760s.