One of the first cash crops that Europeans brought back from the tropical climates of Southeast Asia was "coffee". Coffee was in high demand because it had sparked a European revival of ideas and enthusiasm.
Leonardo da' Vinci moved to the court of the French King and helped Italians <span>spread both products and ideas to other places.</span>
First popularized in Europe during the 1500s, mercantilism was based on the idea that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports, in an effort to collect precious metals like gold and silver. Mercantilism replaced the feudal economic system in Western Europe
They didn't want the national government to be so strong it would turn into a monarchy (or something like it) and they didn't want the state to be powerless against the national government.
