It led to neighbors blaming each other of being communist spies. It also lead to a lot of people being wrongly accused and thrown wrongly into jail. Another effect was that it left Americans scared that communism might take over.<span />
Thomas Hobbes wanted citizens to exchange their rights for security and stability.
According to google, 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.
