The British had an empire to run. The way that they kept their economy healthy was through a system called mercantilism. Mercantilism was a popular economic philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries. In this system, the British colonies were moneymakers for the mother country. The British put restrictions on how their colonies spent their money so that they could control their economies. They put limits on what goods the colonies could produce, whose ships they could use, and most importantly, with whom they could trade. The British even put taxes called duties on imported goods to discourage this practice. This pushed the colonists to buy only British goods, instead of goods from other European countries
The correct answer is B) A growing spirit of democracy and equality between classes.
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote “Democracy in America” where he examines the democratic revolution that he believed that been occurring over the previous years. There he saw a growing spirit of democracy and equality of conditions. He said: <em>“that in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress.”</em>
By becoming self sufficient and providing our own food and goods . As well as economic growth and economic development of the country.
He felt that if congress couldn't solve the slavery issue, than the people could. However, the people, like John Brown, went to far, and (with his little army) ended up killing about 200 people who were in favor of slavery.
