Roman values of discipline strength and loyalty characterized a person with the virtue of a solider in the military, since Rome's power both domestically and abroad came from its strong military force.
I believe that would be representation. The small states wanted the same number of representatives as the large states....but the large states wanted representation based on population.
The British government carried out mercantilism by requiring colonial trade to transpire within the British Empire. They manipulated colonial trade to their advantage in order to profit by selling colonial trade goods to other nations.