Merchants would be needed more because the warring states were constantly at war.(armies need supplies, merchants have supplies)
The British thought colonists had to pay more taxes/cost for the French and Indian War. Parliament also wanted more control, so they did a series of acts (Coercive Act) that all ended into the Intolerable Act.
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"stop the spread of Communism" since the US was still undertaking a role of communist "containment" around the globe.
