Taking raw materials and turning them into new goods to sell for gold or silver is (1 point) Responses

Question

a forbidden practice by Britain during the Colonization Era.

a romanticized version of being the "middle man" outlawed in 1889.

the goal of Mercantilism.

essentially highway robbery of poor underdeveloped nations.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

the goal of Mercantilism.

Mercantilism promoted the idea that a nation's strength came from accumulating wealth through trade, often involving the extraction of raw materials from colonies and turning them into finished goods for profit.