D. The English Colonies were used as a source of food crops, tobacco and raw materials for England; the colonies also served a s a valuable market for English goods.
Mercantilism is the theory that trade generates wealth and the government should encourage trade. Choice D most closely falls in line with that terminology.
<span>Nearly all colonies and, later, states in the United States were settled by migration from another colony or state, as foreign immigration usually only played a minor role after the initial settlements were started. Many new immigrants did end up on the frontiers as that was where the land was usually the cheapest.
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Answer:
Both were ruled by powerful leaders
