USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the British policy of mercantilism limit the freedom of those living in the American colonies? (8.4A)
A
By forcing colonists to give up all attempts at self-government
B
By requiring the colonies to sell certain goods only to England
C
By imprisoning colonists who protested the British government
D
By limiting all colonial settlements to land east of the Appalachian Mountains
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -to ensure that Great Britain obtained the maximum profits in trade with her colonies and with other European countries. ensure regulations on ships were being followed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mercantilism was a popular economic philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries. In this system, the British colonies were moneymakers for the mother country. The British put restrictions on how their colonies spent their money so that they could control their economies.

Detailed explanation-3: -British economic policy was based on mercantilism, which aimed to use the American colonies to bolster British state power and finances.

Detailed explanation-4: -As such, mercantilism became the key economic model of the time. It encouraged the colonists to purchase goods from England rather than rival nations. The colonies sent raw materials to England where they were manufactured into finished products and sold to the colonists.

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