WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Colonialism is the policy and practice of a power in extending its control over weaker or dependent territories or peoples, generally with the aim of acquiring raw materials or exploiting other natural resources, populating the area with settlers, and/or extending or consolidating political power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imperialism: system of acquiring colonies to provide raw materials for a stronger country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under mercantilism, colonies were important because they produced raw materials for the mother country, goods that the country would have to import otherwise (things like grain, sugar, or tobacco). The colonies also gave the mother country an outlet for exports, which increased jobs and industrial development at home.

Detailed explanation-4: -A colony is the most direct form of control. In this form of imperialism, a powerful nation installs its own government and maintains direct control over other territories and regions. Often, foreign officials were brought in who reported back to the “mother country".

Detailed explanation-5: -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.