Ashley&Erika

what is mercantilism? //Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. Like freedom of advertising whatever you want. //

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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. //

//Some believe that the American revolution was an outgrowth of conflict between the colonies and England brought about by England's// **//mercantilist// policies**.
 * Did it cause the american revolution?**

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