Yes, at least, the colonists considered it so. It made it very difficult and expensive for all colonists to get goods.
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A steady-state economy is an economy structured to balance growth with environmental integrity. A steady-state economy seeks to find an equilibrium between production growth and population growth. In a steady state economy, the population would be stable with birth rates closely matching death rates and production rates similarly matching the depreciation or consumption of goods.
An important Roman contribution to American government is the idea of a "republic" or the creation of a representative democracy. In the Roman Republic, representatives were elected by the people to govern on their behalf in the Senate, similar principles were used in structuring the American system of government.
