The conflict joined mercantilist control with private investment. States sought to control territory and routes so they could tax and direct commerce, while investors wanted access to the profits generated by that commerce. Both systems depended on extracting value from trade even though their methods and beneficiaries differed. War was a costly response to threatened commercial control, and it interrupted the exchange that produced the money.
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Mercantilism and investment meet on the trade route
The coalition's war joined state efforts to control trade with private investment seeking profit from the same commercial system.