The Colonies were important because they supply Great Britain raw resources and material.
The British encouraged Americans to export raw goods to Britain. PLATO!!
Colonies did not benefit from this because they wanted to trade with richer outside countries.
Well the governors were mean and didnt want to eat their children
Mercantillism~When everything is done for the good of the Mother Country. Ex: The 13 Colonies (Southern, Middle, New England) they were all gathering raw materials to ship back to Britan (British), to be transformed into everyday items. Then they were shiped back to the 13 colonies. The 13 colonies then sold them for a profit. (which was shared with the mother country.
The Colonies were important because they supply Great Britain raw resources and material.
Raw Materials and markets for British products.
Economics
Indigo was important in the Southern Colonies.
It was important in the New England Colonies
I believe you're slightly confused. Mechantalism was an economic theory that said that for a country to be wealthy and powerful, it had to export more than it important and the colonies were to be founded for the sole purpose of making money for the mother country. Britain founded its American colonies because of this theory.
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The British used Mercantilism in relation to their North American Colonies. The principle is that the mother country, in this case Britain, would take in raw materials and resources for a low cost, if any, to produce finished goods to sell and make a profit off of. This wasn't an ideal situation for the new colonies and is part of the reason for the revolution.