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This is an economic theory where a country wants to increase its wealth by increasing its exports while reducing its imports.

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Mercantilism; The three main ideas of mercantilism were:

1. Colonies existed to benefit the home country

2. Wealth lied in precious metals like silver and gold

3. A country should have many more exports than imports

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