mercantilism
Mercantilism
mercantilism
The theory is called "plutocratic theory", which characterizes a plutocracy.
wealth
the amount of precious metals that could be had
Mercantilism
Mercantilism
Mercantilism.
Mercantilism
mercantilism
The theory is called "plutocratic theory", which characterizes a plutocracy.
The four theories of the origin of nations are social contract theory, evolutionary theory, divine right theory, and force theory. Social contract theory suggests that nations arise from a voluntary agreement among individuals, evolutionary theory posits that nations naturally evolve over time, divine right theory asserts that nations are established by a higher power, and force theory argues that nations are created through the use of power and coercion.
wealth
Economic Theory
European nations wanted to control more land as a way to become more economically powerful. The hope was to acquire colonies to control their natural resources and make the nation extremely wealthy.
the amount of precious metals that could be had
Many may suppose that this question is related to the Mercantile economic system. Placing that aside for the moment, it's a common sense question and a common sense answer.Powerful nations cannot be poor nations, or if so, not for very long. Wealth and power go hand in hand. Now power, as mentioned, needs wealth, however, power can exist to either obtain wealth or simply to keep the status qua alive. As an example, the former Soviet Union was powerful, yet its wealth was used to build weapons. The general public in the USSR were not doing well economically at all. Without the spread of its wealth, the USSR economy fell apart and so did the nation. The Russian Federation, will soon learn the lessons of the USSR. Putin has made Russia powerful, power in weapons, but economically the people are not prosperous in a way that Western Europe is.