Prior to the Revolutionary War, British policies harmed the economic interests of which two large sectors of colonial society that previously supported British rule?

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Prior to the Revolutionary War, British policies harmed the economic interests of two large sectors of colonial society that previously supported British rule: southern planters and New England merchants. The planters were hurt by British restrictions on colonial expansion westward and by British attempts to regulate the colonial economy, while New England merchants were harmed by British restrictions on trade and by increased taxation.

Prior to the Revolutionary War, British Policies Harmed the Economic