How did parliament use the mercantilist system into the Navigation system?
German: The Navigation Acts expelled foreign merchants from England’s domestic trade. The nation aggressively sought colonies and once under British control, regulations were imposed that allowed the colony to only produce raw materials and to only trade with Britain. This led to friction with the inhabitants of these colonies, and mercantilist policies were one of the major causes of the American Revolution. *The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America. Over all, however, mercantilist policies had an important effect on Britain helping turn it into the world’s dominant trader, and an international superpower. One domestic policy that had a lasting impact was the conversion of waste lands to agricultural use. Mercantilists felt that to maximize a nation
