Question

The cartoon portrays the policy of mercantilism

Answer 1

Answer:

England as the mother country and the colonist as a supplier of raw goods. The colonist is in loss because they only have to conduct trade with their own country under trade and navigation acts. Some colonists are attempting to get around the mother country by engaging in smuggling goods to Europe.

Explanation:

In the beginning in the late fifteenth century, colonies used to improve the mother country’s prosperity. Colonies provided the raw materials in the mother country and assisted as markets for the manufactured goods from Britain. Manufactured goods were high than the raw materials, and the money kept flowing to Britain from the colonies. The British authority over trade in America was one of the spurs to the war of independence.