It made it easier to travel across oceans, thus fleets could get places quicker.
The correct answer is mercantilism.
Under a mercantilist system, the main goal is to maximize the profit of trade exported by colonies.
So, colonies exist almost solely to provide economic benefit for their colonial overlords.
Consumers were for it because they thought that increased costs would lead to health improvements.
American factories were retooled to produce goods to support the war effort and almost overnight the unemployment rate dropped to around 10%