Evaluate+the+system+of+mercantilism+and+determine+if+the+system+is+sustainable,+or+will+colonies+eventually+revolt+under+this+system?

Mercantalism during the time shortly before the revolution had both good and bad consequences. Mercantalism was a belief that wealth was power and that a country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold or silver in its treasury. To get more gold or silver the colonists would need to export more than they imported. In theory this sounds like a good plan but as you can see by the revolution and the fact that the U.S. no longer uses mercantilism there were obviously some set backs to the idea. Mercantilism had some strong up sides but also many down sides. With mercantalism London began to pay the colonists much more for ship parts than they paid to the British producers of the same type of good. Tobacco farmers gained alot of economic wealth because the tobacco farms in Britain couldnt grow much tobacco because the land had been farmed so many times whereas with the colonists land they could grow tobacco plentifully. However, despite the upsides of the system there were far move downsides. Downsides to Mercantilism such as being able to only export raw materials severely hurt the colonies. Colonists could only export the raw product to England and therefore got less money because raw materials are worth less than finished products. Britain would then ship the finished product back to the Colonies, there by wiping out their credit and taking money from them since the finished product is worth more than the raw product that they got credit for.