10
benefits
of
the
system.
Some
colonists
thought
that
“if
the
colonies
existed
for
the
benefit
of
Britain
failed
to
recognize
an
emerging
nation
the
mother
country,
it
was
hardly
less
true
when
it
saw
one”
(Kennedy,
Cohen,
Bailey;
pg.
that
Britain
existed
for
the
benefit
of
the
129).
colonies”
(Kennedy,
Cohen,
Bailey;
pg.
128).
London
paid
liberal
bounties
to
builders
of
racked
up
an
enormous
debt,
£140
million,
and
ship
parts
in
the
colonies,
even
though
their
a
lot
of
it
was
spent
defending
their
colonies.
competitors
in
Britain
were
outraged.
Tobacco
They
intended
to
make
them
pay
their
portion.
planters
in
Virginia
had
a
monopoly
thanks
to
In
1763,
Prime
Minister
George
Grenville
the
system.
But,
the
mercantile
system
kept
commanded
the
British
navy
to
strictly
enforce
the
colonies
economically
dependent
on
the
Navigation
Laws.
Parliament
also
passed
Britain.
“Revolution
later
broke
out,
as
Theodore
Roosevelt
later
remarked,
because
the
Sugar
Laws
in
1764.
It
raised
duties
on
After
the
Seven-‐Years-‐War,
Britain
had