Which economic policy, based on the idea that colonies existed to benefit the mother country, contributed to t

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Which economic policy, based on the idea that colonies existed to benefit the mother country, contributed to tensions between Britain and its American colonies before the Revolution?

	
Mercantilism

	
Capitalism

	
Socialism

	
Federalism

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Mercantilism

Explanation: Mercantilism held that colonies existed to enrich the mother country by supplying raw materials and buying its manufactured goods; British mercantile policies (e.g., Navigation Acts, trade restrictions, taxes) helped provoke colonial anger before the Revolution.

Which economic policy, based on the idea that colonies existed to benefit the mother country, contributed to tensions between Britain and its American colonies before the Revolution?

Mercantilism

Capitalism

Socialism

Federalism

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Which economic policy, based on the idea that colonies existed to benefit the mother country, contributed to tensions between Britain and its American colonies before the Revolution? Mercantilism Capitalism Socialism Federalism

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Which economic policy, based on the idea that colonies existed to benefit the mother country, contributed to tensions between Britain and its American colonies before the Revolution?

Mercantilism

Capitalism

Socialism

Federalism