Evalutate+the+system+of+Mercantilism,+and+determine+if+the+system+is+sustainable,+or+will+colonies+eventually+revolt+under+this+system?+E.G.

The system of mercantilism had both good and bad aspects. The colonists though didn't really like them because of a number of reasons. Mercantilism eventually led to revolts and more taxing by the British, and then more revolting. Mercantilism was both good and bad for the colonists. It provided protection from the British, which at the time had the best Navy in the world, so they didn't have to worry about pirates or other countries destroying their goods. The British also relied on the colonial goods so the colonies would always have someone to sell their goods to. Virginia also created a monopoly on tobacco with England because England had a very hard time growing tobacco. There are many drawbacks to mercantilism too though. They never really made a profit because they would always sell the raw material and they would have to buy the finished good which was a lot more expensive. They couldn't trade or sell goods with other countries because England only allowed them to trade with England as said in the Navigation Act. England also could put taxes on the items which they did with the Stamp Act and Townshend Act which put taxes on lead, paper, and tea. Based on the pluses and minuses of mercantilism I think that the colonies will eventually revolt under this system. The good things of mercantilism just don't match up to the bad things of it. They get the protection and they will always have someone to sell it to, but if they are not making much of a profit and can only sell things to one place some kind of revolt is going to happen. For example, colonists were so upset with the tax on tea that they dumped 17 million pounds of tea in the Boston Bay. So they would rather not have any tea which was as popular back then as pop is now then buy the tea from England which was cheaper than the smuggled tea then the smuggled tea. There were many boycotts of English made goods and items were smuggled in from different countries or illegally made in the colonies. Colonists became so fed up with the taxes that they would tar and feather people who would try and tax them. So those were some of the good and bad aspects of mercantilism and some of the reasons colonists didn't like it, and why I think that the colonies will eventually revolt under mercantilism.