What do you mean colonies? You mean the 13 colonies?
Guilds performed a variety of important functions in the local economy. They established a monopoly of trade in their locality or within a particular branch of industry or commerce; they set and maintained standards for the quality of goods and the integrity of trading practices in that industry; they worked to maintain stable prices for their goods and commodities; and they sought to control town or city governments in order to further the interests of the guild members and achieve their economic objectives.
It led to disagreements between Arab and Jews over control of the Holy Land
Abolitionists employed each of these techniques. The underground railroad was a system used to help slaves escape. Religion played a critical role in helping people realize the immorality of slavery and armed force was used in certain cases (occasionally resulting in even greater problems or backlash from slave owners).
