What were the disadvantages of mercantilism?
– Sean There were many disadavantages of mercantilism for both the mother country and its colonies. It is a disadvantage to the mother country because the mother country is usually far away from its colonies andhad major problems running the colonies. The mother country had to sendover troops and soldiers to help keep the colonies in line. The were also alot of disadvantages for the colonies. The colonies hated being ruled by a country that was far away and they hated the troops they sent overbecause they had to house and make sure the troops got taken care of. Thecolonies also hated the taxes that were put on them from all the way across the world, taxation with out representation was always a big disputebecause the mother country would place taxes on the colonists but wouldn’t evencome over and collect it, they had to send it back to the mother country.Both the mother country and the colonies have many disadvantages when itcomes to mercantilism. d d Was the life of an indentured serv
