<span>Mercantilism was the concept that "all exploration and findings need to be routed back to the mother country for production and resale," and that "he who has the most controls the most." Monarchs at the time passed laws that required colonials to purchase their goods from companies chartered by the crown as a way of securing the profits.</span>
Answer: Gaius was the son of a Roman aristocrat whose family had regularly held the highest offices of state for the past century and was connected to the most powerful political families of the day.
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