How did shilo end the thought that the war was going to be a quick one

capitalism is an economic system that works around the concept of wealth creation in the pursuit of economic growth for the nation while mercantilism focuses on wealth accumulation through extraction of wealth which they believe is measured by the amwount of gold bollions that the nation has in its possession.

there is not all the infomation needed to answer this question.   we need the who was going, or we need to know what islands you are talking about.