Mercantilism motivated britain to colonize north america because the british believed that colonies could the british economy. the british used the colonies to acquire raw materials and as a market for british exports. how was great britain able to control the developing colonies through mercantilist policies?
a
by forbidding manufacturing in north america and preventing the colonies from competing with british industries

b
by forcing colonists to settle in inland areas so that the royal navy could control all sea traffic on the atlantic coast

c
by encouraging spanish colonists to compete with british colonists in order to increase the supply of resources and lower prices

d
by hiring only american indian workers so that colonists were forced to work as subsistence farmers and could not acquire great wealth