What,according to Mercantilist Thinkers,was the Purpose of Colonies

question 32

Multiple Choice

What,according to mercantilist thinkers,was the purpose of colonies?

• A) To encourage international cooperation through free trade
• B) To enrich the states that had founded them
• C) To allow merchants to profit by diversifying their economic investments
• D) To act as laboratories in which new methods of state administration could be tested

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Definitions:

Social Movement

A collective effort by a large group of people to achieve a specific goal, often related to social change.

Frame Alignment

In social movement theory, it is the process of making individual and social movement frames more congruent and mutually supportive to foster mobilization.

Resource Mobilization

A theory referring to the process by which social movements gather resources, such as money, labor, and support, to achieve their goals.

Political Opportunity

The presence of favorable conditions or circumstances that enable social movements or political action to emerge and succeed.