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.
The new deal was a program for the great depression made by us senates and franklin d Roosevelt to help with the us economic problems
I believe it's asking you how many votes you need to get the majority. example: in a presidential election, more than 50% is the majority.