Britain sought to increase its wealth by making use of its colonies. Mercantilism forced the colonies to trade solely with Britain and before they could sell natural resource products such as tobacco and sugar, it first needed to be shipped to England to be taxed even before being sold. The system was set up solely to economically benefit the Mother Country, not the colonies.
Britain applied for the policy of mercantilism to its American colonies through the Navigation Acts. It led to inflation and alienation in the colonies.
Mercantilism guided the British to view the New World as a place filled with raw materials. They expected the American colonies to serve their mother country by collecting these materials and giving/trading it with it's mother country as well as it's sister countries.
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mercantilism affected the 13 colonies because it was the type of government the 13 colonies used
They were considered colonies... That was the whole principle of mercantilism: colonies helping the economic success of the motherland.
Britain applied for the policy of mercantilism to its American colonies through the Navigation Acts. It led to inflation and alienation in the colonies.
The American Revolution was the war between the thirteen colonies and British mercantilism.
Mercantilism guided the British to view the New World as a place filled with raw materials. They expected the American colonies to serve their mother country by collecting these materials and giving/trading it with it's mother country as well as it's sister countries.
its colonies from the pacific and caribbean
Mercantilism
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Britain this is why some American merchants revolted
mercantilism affected the 13 colonies because it was the type of government the 13 colonies used
Early colonies contributed to the principles of modern American government through self government and the election of their local leaders.
They were considered colonies... That was the whole principle of mercantilism: colonies helping the economic success of the motherland.
The main purpose of founding the American Colonies was for the economic benefit and prestige of the mother country, through a system of mercantilism.
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