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As the colonies are starting to settle into their new customs after the Seven Years' War, the British put on them a new system. It was the Mercantilism system. There were pros and cons to the system but there were more cons to the system. This caused the colonists to revolt and get revenge. This revolt would change the history of America forever. Mercantilism pushed the colonists to their confines because of all the appalling elements to the system, but some of the system was not such a down to them. A new system of government came along after the Seven Years' War. It was the British imposed Mercantilism system. Mercantilism was the theory that British had control over the colonies and that wealth was power. The more wealth there was the more power they had. American colonies were supposed to serve the mother country. Such things they were supposed to supply were sugar, tobacco, and ship's mast's. They were to supply Great Britain and import their goods from Great Britain. This was more enforced with the Navigation Law of 1650. This law imposed that commerce was to go through Great Britain and they would put a tax on it. Then the goods would be shipped only by the British ships to the Americas. Also the colonists could not make their own goods. They were forbidden to make woolen cloth and beaver hats. Money shortages were largely spread out. This was caused because the colonies were buying more goods than they were selling so they had something like an in-store credit with the British merchants. They ended up exchanging butter, nails, pitch, and feathers for goods. There were some pros to the system though too. The colonists gained protection from the system. From all the exportations of the goods, the colonists had more of an army in place. Great Britain placed an army in America because of the Quartering Act of 1765. This required certain colonies to provid food and quarters for British troops. This could also be put as a con but the colonies gained protection from it. The colonists also had a monopoly on raw materials. Great Britain had a monopoly of goods over the colonists though because the colonists could only get goods through Great Britain. It was a pro though because that raised revenue for the mother country that would in return support the American colonies. There was also the Townshend Acts that imposed a light import tax on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. This angered the colonists but they did not see the good side of it. It raised revenue for the past debt so it got Great Britain out of more of its debt. Then Great Britain could put more of its money towards building a stronger, mightier navy and army. The colonists were pushed to their limits and were ready to revolt. They did not see the good side to any of the acts but just complained all the more. They were paying less for things than the English citizens. But it was not taken into account that the colonists were not represented in Parliament and had no control over levying their taxes. This greatly angered the colonists. The colonists felt that some of their rights were in jeopardy such as, trial with a jury and innocent until proven guilty. The colonists did a boycott on British goods and started to make homespun garments. They created revolt groups known as the Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty. These revolt groups were violent protesters and ransacked officials houses and took their money. England was hit hard because of these protests and Parliament was forced to repeal the Stamp Act. The colonists did revolt in some events known as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the battles of Lexington and Concord. The colonists were ready to revolt further and separate from the mother country. This system was bound to not work from the beginning. The colonists were never happy with the system and the whole system was to profit for Great Britain. The colonists were going to lose for the cost of Great Britain. If Great Britain would've only considered the colonists as part of Great Britain not just as tenants to Great Britain, then maybe the colonists wouldn't have revolted. The colonists just wanted to be a part of Great Britain but in their own way and the British were making that difficult. Mercantilism pushed the colonists to their confines because of all the appalling elements to the system, and in the end the conlonists revolted.