2025年1月30日 · Mercantilism — or the Mercantile System — was an economic theory implemented by England that allowed the American Colonies to flourish, but also led to the policies that contributed to the unrest in the American Colonies, the American Revolution, and the American Revolutionary War.

2024年12月14日 · By the time the term mercantile system was coined in 1776 by the Scottish philosopher Adam Smith, European states had been trying for two centuries to put mercantile theory into practice. The basis of mercantilism was the notion that national wealth is measured by the amount of gold and silver a nation possesses.

2001年12月31日 · This book is a compilation of letters and documents of American business and people engaged with trade with Great Britain and the West Indies. Part one covers English mercantilism and the Navigation Acts. Part two covers the Puritan economic ethic.

2023年9月5日 · During Great Britain's mercantilist period, colonies faced periods of inflation and excessive taxation, which caused great distress. Angry and frustrated American colonists revolted against...

2019年8月13日 · In the context of the European colonization of North America, mercantilism refers to the idea that colonies existed for the benefit of the Mother Country. In other words, the British saw the American colonists as tenants who 'paid …

The aim of mercantilism was to structure the financial foundation of the nation-state – the emerging postmedieval governmental mode that rapidly replaced feudal localism in northern and western Europe after the mid-fifteenth century – so that the state could survive and prosper.

Explore how mercantilism shaped Colonial America’s economy and discover how trade routes, resources, and regulations led to America’s Revolutionary spirit.

Mercantilism is a nationalist economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports of an economy. ... With respect to its colonies, British mercantilism meant that the government and the merchants became partners with the goal of increasing political power and private wealth, to the exclusion of other European ...

2025年1月4日 · Mercantilism was the prevalent economic system in the Western world from the 16th to the 18th century. Which countries practiced mercantilism? The primary countries that employed mercantilism were of western Europe— France Spain Portugal Italy, and Britain, as well as Germany and the Netherlands.

What is the concept of mercantilism? Why were the Navigation Acts so important to the British and why did they generally alienate the colonists? What is meant by the term “salutary neglect” and what did it mean for the colonies?