To successfully emerge into mercantilism, both colonies had to be economically self-sufficient, equally balanced in trade, possess merchant fleets, and function under the control of England. The regulation of trade . Both the Northern and Southern colonies are similar in having achieved all of the following characteristics necessary for mercantilism. However, English royal laws of trade and navigation relating to shipping, buying, selling, and manufacturing ultimately prevented both colonies from being fully financially successful. Thus, the colonies identically suffered from instability due to unjust royal authority. Through parliament's partial passage of the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and numerous other laws that were used simply to raise money for England, the colonies recognized such illogical notions and protested. So the colonists united against the king of England and his tariffs and sought their independence away from the crown. However, it was only through the success of the American Revolution that both colonies diminished their individual forms of government and, in turn, established a singular democratic society. Initially, relations between the colonies were limited and non-existent. However, England's unjust “taxation without representation” fundamentally integrated the colonies and strengthened their relationships with each of them.