In my opinion, yes. Farming allowed the people to stay where they were and build, as opposed to traveling with herds.
Well, mercantilism is when the colony is only made to support the mother country. In this scenario, the mother country is Great Britain and they are benefiting off of the colonies in America. America doesn’t want to only benefit England, but they want to be independent. That was tension enough.
A.) Crusaders
When they returned from the crusades they brought back Eastern luxury goods with them.