Well, mercantilism is when the colony is only made to support the mother country. In this scenario, the mother country is Great Britain and they are benefiting off of the colonies in America. America doesn’t want to only benefit England, but they want to be independent. That was tension enough.
<span>they were criticized by there unjust legal system,press censorship,and the power and intolerance of the catholic church.</span>
This is the case because the Middle Colonies would withhold policies in which granted religious toleration between certain sects and was more diverse religiously compared to the other colonies. From the Quakers and Lutherans to the Jews and many other religious groups.
This might be the answer C) He was tried and executed.