How do you think most colonists felt about mercantilism

It was likely that colonists felt controlled by mercantilism, as it made Britain wealthy, but also gave the colonies little to no freedom in what they could import or export as Britain controlled their economy to benefit themselves instead of helping the colonies.

Explanation:

the enslaved people onboard suffered from illness with some frequency

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion