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.