Well first off, I would notify a parent and let them know what your brother did.
Second off, don't let your brother hit you with things.
And third, if he's being rude, you have the right to ignore him.
The mercantilism is an economic theory that the trade is what generates wealth, being stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which should be encouraged by the government by means of protectionism. This led the leaders of the strong Western European countries to seek for territories from which they can benefit in the sense of gaining more goods for trade, and then use the people in the colonies as customers as well, thus creating lot of wealth. And so they did. France, Spain, the British Empire, Netherlands, Portugal, all managed to create colonies at places that were rich in natural resources and goods that were well paid and demanded. On top of it, they made colonies so that they can expand their market, thus they were producing in the colonies, using them as a market, and making lot of profit. In order for this to be happening, the governments used their military in order to protect their colonies, often engaging into conflicts.
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It's D. This is because when colonists arrived in America, they didn't know the land as the Native Americans who was here for thousands of years. This allowed the native americans to escape if they were enslaved by the colonists because they know the land so familiarly.