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polet [3.4K]
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What was the role of mercantilism as a motivating factor for overseas exploration during the age of European Exploration ?

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Rufina [12.5K]3 years ago
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The theory of mercantilism motivated overseas exploration as it posited that a country's power depended mainly on its wealth. Consequently, various nations sought to increase their wealth and power by establishing colonies where they could extract resources such as minerals which determined the wealth of a nation

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