Converted gold and silver to goods, is the right answer.
Mercantilism is a federal economic strategy that is intended to maximize the shipping, and reduce the imports, of a country. These strategies intend to overcome a potential current account deficit or relinquish a current account excess. Mercantilism incorporates a federal economic plan endeavored at accumulating financial reserves through a definite balance of trade, particularly of furnished goods.
This theory of mercantilism supported exploration, encouraged the establishment of colonies and made mother country self-sufficient, thus option A, will be the correct answer.
im gonna be labeled racist for this but some of them were good in their own right, multiple of our founding fathers (including George Washington himself) had slaves. Do you see people trying to go against the very man that is a huge reason the US exist? so no
C is the answer because, if you look back at the questions, the Lords Proprietor wanted to rule all of the colonies. So they tried to create a ruling elite.