During the 17th and 18th centuries Europeans believed in an idea called mercantilism, the idea that a nation's existence depended on power, and power depended on wealth. To gain wealth a country had to have colonies. These to provided a constant source of raw materials and become markets for the manufactured goods to the country that owned them or their "Mother Country." M<span>ercantilism revolves around trade. Exports are goods sent for sale outside a colony or country. Imports are goods brought into a colony or country. Exported goods </span>earn<span> money. Imported goods </span>cost<span> money. Great Britain followed the most cost effective trade routes to increase profits. </span>
<span>The concept of mercantilism is maximizing net exports, making it a tool for national prosperity. Relevant to this is the idea that the only accepted measure of a country’s wealth and success was the amount of gold that it had. If a country had more gold than another, it was probably better off. In the contrary, this idea had important consequences for economic policy. Thus, the best way of securing a country’s prosperity was to make few imports and many exports, thus generating a net inflow of foreign exchange and maximizing the country’s gold stocks.</span>
Pilgrims were Puritans who had abandoned local parishes and formed small congregations of their own because the Church of England was not holy enough to meet their standards. They were labeled Separatists.
This overview of the event known as the transatlantic slave trade shows a ... the notion of racial inferiority was used by Europeans to justify the enslavement of millions of Africans. ... From the European point of view, slave labor was crucial for economic ... African laborers toiled from sunup to sunset under grueling conditions
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be "The Good Neighbor Policy", since this was implemented under FDR to form friendly relations with Latin America. </span></span>
