Mercantilism In The Colonies

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Mercantilism in the colonies was designed to get raw materials from the colonies, manufacture goods and export them to the colonies. Mercantilism is raw material, cheap labor, new market, British colonies, they are getting this three things. The leader of those European nation financed their own adventurous merchant class to set up these community by supply initial risk capital wherever essential and followed up with army flotation to abduction the lands in intended colonies along with the cardinalate of the Church to new believer. After the colonies were setups they were giving exclusive right to maintain the plants and the colonies gave guarantee to have cheap availability to for the homelands true jewelry, gold, silver and other precious

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