A tariff could have a benefit, as well. Describe the source of the benefit. Under what circumstances, would the pros surpass the cons of a tariff (for the tariff imposing nation)? How likely is for the pros to exceed the cons, if the tariff receiving country retaliates by a tariff of its own (and the conditions for success are there for the tariff receiving nation)?

Until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, few colonists in British North America objected to their place in the British Empire. Colonists in British America reaped many benefits from the British imperial system and bore few costs for those benefits. Indeed, until the early 1760's, the British mostly left their American colonies alone. The Seven Years' War (known in America as the French and Indian War) changed everything. Although Britain eventually achieved victory over France and its allies, victory had come at great cost. A staggering war debt influenced many British policies over the next decade. Attempts to raise money by reforming colonial administration, enforcing tax laws, and placing troops in America led directly to conflict with colonists. By the mid-1770's, relations between Americans and the British administration had become strained and acrimonious.

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