What, According to Mercantilist Thinkers, Was the Purpose of Colonies

question 23

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