Question

Mercantilists believed that national military power could be achieved best by

Answer 1

It was the belief by mercantilists that by strictly managing economic life, a national military power could be best achieved.

The use of military power in the protection of supply sources and its target market is the basis of mercantilism’s belief that a world economy can be established. The mercantilist belief also perceived that agriculture is a way to minimize a nation’s food importation necessity.