To try to escape economic woes, great britain raised tarffs. why was this an unwise thing to do?

Less people wanted to trade with them because the tariffs meant less profit for them.

That's just the way people are, sadly. All we care about is makin' money.

Sir thomas more, venerated in the catholic church as saint thomas more, was an english lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted renaissance humanist. he was also a councillor to henry viii, and lord high chancellor of england from october 1529 to 16 may 1532. i found this information on wikipedia