Broadly speaking, Mercantilism was very good for European countries for a while but terrible for their colonies.
Mercantilism made people in the Old World VERY rich.
But, as a result of the imbalance, the relationship between the European countries and their colonies deteriorated making mercantilism good in the short term but bad in the long term.
d. It was the gateway for expeditions into the interior of Texas.
Answer:
Yes, one can hold off from buying something or stock up on something because of expectations.
