It made Americans have less trust in their government
Broadly speaking, Mercantilism was very good for European countries for a while but terrible for their colonies.
Mercantilism made people in the Old World VERY rich.
But, as a result of the imbalance, the relationship between the European countries and their colonies deteriorated making mercantilism good in the short term but bad in the long term.
So we'll start be explaining what a state and a municipality are. A state is pretty commonly known. Its a division of land in the US which its own government. A municipality is a city within a state. So lets explain the relationship. This changes depending on the state. You could think of it as a chain of command with the governor on top. He controls the entire state's budget. This has an effect on every city within the state.
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The quest for equality continues to work through notions of rights traditionally associated with citizenship, even as citizenship tied to particular nation states, has diminished in significance.
