Broadly speaking, Mercantilism was very good for European countries for a while but terrible for their colonies.
Mercantilism made people in the Old World VERY rich and this made the Colonists angry.
As a result, the colonists started to push back and eventually rebelled.
Answer:B
Explanation: because why isnt it B
The confederacy was essentially cut in half. And their supply lines were destroyed (not that they had much supplies anyway)
