Please select all of the things below that are the Cons (bad things) of Mercantilism. Question 4 options:

Products would often be more expensive in the colonies due to lack of competition

It encouraged smuggling and the breaking of other restrictive laws

Helped to increase the wealth and power of the mother country

Supported the development of industries in the mother country

Created the idea that the mother country was superior to the colonies and their colonial citizens

Industries would not be allowed to develop in the colony so that only products from the mother country could be sold

cons (bad things) of Mercantilism:

•It creates an idea that the mother country is superior to the colony and the colonial citizens

•It prevented trade with other countries, all products must come from the mother country

•Products would often be more expensive in the colonies due to lack of competition

•Many industries would not be allowed to develop in the colony so that the products would only come from the mother country

•The system was often very inefficient due to things being shipped back and forth over large distances

•It encouraged smuggling and the breaking of other restrictive law

so the answers are:

A.)Products would often be more expensive in the colonies due to lack of competition

B.)It encouraged smuggling and the breaking of other restrictive laws

E.)Created the idea that the mother country was superior to the colonies and their colonial citizens

F.)Industries would not be allowed to develop in the colony so that only products from the mother country could be sold

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