What is mercantilism?

What is mercantilism?

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Solution 1

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Mercantilism is the involvement of government regulations to benefit the nation's economy in the form of oversea colonies, introducing trade to tariffs, and forbidding trade with other nations.

Solution 2

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Answer: an economic system in which a colony could trade only with its mother nation, based on the idea that colonies existed to contribute to the wealth and power of the mother country

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