I know that They were following the rules of Mercantilism to keep foreign goods out. There's most likely more to this, though. I just looked this up and they (the british) needed to pay war debt, which is another reason Colonists were unhappy. They thought the colonists owned them beacause of the French and Indian war success
The United States created the Marshall Plan (1947) as a program to "<span>(3) provide economic aid to war-damaged Europe" mostly so that another war would not develop. </span>
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" expresses the idea that even if something seems like it is free, there is always a cost, no matter how indirect or hidden.
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