Explain the way in which England applied the principles of mercantilism to its Caribbean and North American colonies?

Britain sought to increase its wealth by making use of its colonies. Mercantilism forced the colonies to trade solely with Britain and before they could sell natural resource products such as tobacco and sugar, it first needed to be shipped to England to be taxed even before being sold. The system was set up solely to economically benefit the Mother Country, not the colonies.