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Analyze the role of trans-Atlantic trade and Great Britain’s mercantilist policies in the economic development of the British North American colonies in the period from 1650 to 1750.

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Perhaps the greatest catalyst in the economic and social development of the North American colonies during this time was British trade, which created a market for tobacco and supplied many slaves to increase the labor force.
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