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During the colonial period, the British Parliament used the policy of mercantilism to

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During the colonial period, the British Parliament used the policy of mercantilism to trade goods that were in demand elsewhere in Europe in order to gain more revenue to extract more resources from the New World--in somewhat of an economic cycle.
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