Why were the colonists upset about the system of mercantilism?

Mercantilism in Great Britain consisted of the economic position that, in order to increase wealth, its colonies would be the supplier of raw materials and exporter of finished products. During Great Britain's mercantilist period, colonies faced periods of inflation and excessive taxation, which caused great distress

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.