The mother country of the thirteen original colonies was Great Britain.
your mother
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It resulted in a triangular exchange between the Americas, Europe, and Africa rather than a direct exchange between colonies and their mother countries. -Jade
the difference between a mother country and colony is that a mother country counts as England and a colony is a bring group of explorers in different stages... I think.. I'm guessing.. you asked I answered :p
The following mother country-colony associations that are correct are: Spain--Philippines, Britain--Burma and France--Vietnam. The mother country-colony association that is not correct is C) Netherlands--Brunei.
Great Britain was the Mother Country of the 13 American Colonies that are now part of the US. Other countries that had colonies in the Americas include Russia, France and Spain. Some of these former colonies (Alaska, Louisianas, Texas, California, etc.) are also part of today's US, though they were not part of the original 13 states.
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Great Britain practiced a policy of mercantilism, where its colonies existed solely to benefit the mother country. This aggressive economic policy, coupled with the Navigation Acts which forced the colonies to engage in trade with Britain only, resulted in a massive deficit of the colonies to the British Crown. Up until the beginning of the American Revolution, most, if not all, of the original thirteen colonies were indebted to Great Britain.
The British established colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Of the thirteen original colonies, New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence from Mother England -- a full six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed
The size of the mother country, in most cases, is much smaller than its colonies.
The colonies were governed either directly or indirectly by the mother country, protected by the mother country, and the monarchs were leaders of the colonies.
The attitude of King George III was that the Thirteen colonies were not contributing what they should have toward either the French and Indian War or the amount of revenue that was generated. He came to view the Thirteen colonies as competitors instead of subjects of the mother country. As a result, George's attitude as well as Parliament's resulted in the relationship between Britain and the colonies disintegrate.
British monarch who thought the colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country
England
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Britain claimed lands in North America and was the most successful country in convincing its citizens to migrate to its colonies. This is because the colonies of Britain were prospering more so than Britain's homeland.