How did Mercantilism lead to the American Revolution?
The Revolutionary War In4 Minutes
In return for military protection, the 13 American colonies supplied the British Empire with goods and exclusive trade routes, a practice known as Mercantilism. But what happened when Great Britain decided to tax the colonists for the French and Indian War, on top of the goods already provided? Join Sarah Kay Bierle of the American Battlefield Trust to learn how Mercantilism became one of the biggest causes of the Revolutionary War.
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