This is the practice of Mercantilism. It was most popular among the Western European countries from the 16th 17th and 18th centuries. It's effects are still apparent in third world countries, particularly Sub Saharan Africa.
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mercantilism
Imperialism.
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Mercantilism
I think that the colonists would have agreed because it is true.
Mercantilism was the basic policy imposed by Britain on its colonies. The colonies were captive markets for British industry, and the goal was to enrich the mother country.
History Hw?
Their origin......In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them.
When the colonist moved to the new world, they got new resources such as gold, silver. New land to populate, grow foodstuff for the mother country they enslaved the indigenious people, produced extra materials to sell to the market in the mother country to make money. They also spreaded their religion into the new world.
The Republic of Guinea is an independent country. It has no mother country.
what was New Frances mother country