Under the British mercantile system what was expected of the American colonies?

provide raw materials and a market for finished goods

The Navigation Acts were an attempt to put the theory of Mercantilism into practice in the British colonies. The object of mercantilism was to minimize imports that cost the nation money, and...

In the mercantile system the function of a colony is to provide raw materials. The manufacture of finished goods takes place in the home country.

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