Which option identifies a primary goal of mercantilism?

a. spreading economic influence through christianity
b. complete economic freedom for a colony
c. heavy taxation of merchant activity
d. amassing wealth through trade

d. amassing wealth through trade

Explanation:

Mercantilism is the colonised economic policy which increased the exports and decreased the imports through trade. Industrial revolution started from mid 18th century and it leads to colonial powers captured Asian, American and African countries. Britain, Spain, Portugal, and France were the major colonial powers, those people captured the countries and implement the trade practices which benefit only to their own nation. They expanding their wealth through unfair trade between the colonised and colonial nations.

the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

explanation:

lincoln won 212 electoral votes to mcclellan's 21 votes, and lincoln beat mcclellan. is the main reason lincoln won in 1864.