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Mercantillism-
Mercantilism was the theory of trade espoused by the major European powers from roughly 1500 to 1800. It advocated that a nation should export more than it imported and accumulate bullion (especially gold) to make up the difference. The exportation of finished goods was favored over extractive industries like farming.Mercantillism gave Europens power and lots of it and who dont love power it was a great thing to have back then and now today.
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[] Colonists were not allowed freedom of choice. They were told to export their raw materials to Britain and import only Btirish manufactuared goods. Because the colonists lived so far away from England they got away with things. That is the benefited from salutary neglect. The English failed to enforce their laws to control the colonists' economy.

[|**Did mercantilism cause the Revolutionary War?**] The interests of England within the colonies were self-centered. The English were exploiting were trying to govern the colonies by using the mercantilist system. Mercantilism is when the state directs all the economic activities within it's borders. England was not attempting to make any changes that would help the colonists. They limited the colonies commerce to internal trade only. The English were exploiting the colonies by demanding that the colonies import more from England then they exported to the colonies. They were importing raw materials from the colonies and making them into exportable goods in England. They would then ship these goods to foreign markets all around the world including the colonies. Throughout the sevententh century the English saw America as a place to get materials they didn't have at home and a market to sell finished products at after the goods had been manufactured. This was detrimental to the colonies because it prevented them from manufacturing any of the raw materials they produced and made them more dependent upon England. []

Yes, Mercantilism caused Americn Revolution. With the culmination of the French and Indian War in 1763, the British were victors in the world struggle for commercial supremacy and their policies of mercantilism changed. Now they began to enforce their mercantilist policies, which led to intensified animosity between the English and their colonies. Having tasted economic independence for too long a period, the American colonists had no desire to return to the mercantilist policies endured by the colonies of other European nations.
 * Why did Britain attempt to enforce mercantilism and other economic policies in the 13 colonies following the French and Indian War? **


 * What where the Navigation Acts and how did it help Mercantilism?**


 * The Navigation Acts were made by the English Parliament to stop trade between the English and other traders they only allowed the colonists to trade,import,or export goods if it was an English ship or trader.It helped Mercantilism because the Navigation Acts where a law and Mercantilism didn't allow colonists to trade except for something by the English.