Bonus option: most profit
Back then <span>Europeans prohibit trading between the different American colonies because the practice Mercantilism, which means that they wanted to keep all their wealth to themselves.
When Trades between two entity happens, both wealth of the trading partners will increase due to the profit that they generate through the trades. The Europeans do not want this to happen because they wanted to keep America powerless and under their control.</span>
A tariff is a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports. Does this help?
