Is this a good paragraph to answer this question? How did mercantilism and the TransAtlantic trade led to the development of the colonies?
Britain's Navigation Acts Were to provided the colonies with built-in markets This process made both sides happy and made it easier to get money. At the end of French and Indian War Britain wanted to change its policies on mercantilism, and began enforcing policies that led to the animosity between Britain and its colonies.
Mercantilism and trans-atlantic inspired Parliament to control transatlantic trade with its American colonies. The transatlantic slave trade between Africa and the Americas was fueled by the need for raw materials and agricultural products like rice, indigo, tobacco, and cotton in England. All goods where shipped to or from British North America had to travel in British ships, and any goods exported to Europe had to land first in Britain to pay British taxes.

During the industrial revolution, many governmentsadopted an economic system called capitalism. in thissystem, governments allowed businesses to operate asfreely as possible, capitalism led to economic growth inmany countries and a small number of peoplebecome very wealthy. however the system could be harshfor poor workers, who often worked long hours in unsafeconditions just to make enough money to eat. as a result,some workers turned against capitalism and demandedthat their governments take more control over theireconomies.which statement best describes the passages main idea? a. capitalism was beneficial for some people during the industrialrevolution, but others opposed the system.b. capitalism was mostly a cause of problems during the industrialrevolution, which led to its eventual collapse.c. capitalism became the favored economic system for manycountries during the industrial revolution.d. capitalism was to countries during the industrialrevolution, but became a problem after the revolution ended.edit: correct answer is a