What is mercantilism?

A. an economic theory that stressed the importance of colonies as sources of raw
materials

B. an economic system in which private businesses profited from the free market

C. A system in which land was given to colonists in exchange for them teaching
Christianity to the natives of the land

D. the second leg of the trans-Atlantic trading system, in which slaves were loaded
onto ships and brought to the Americas

Mercantilism was a system that A) stressed the importance of colonies as a source for raw materials. Within mercantilism exports were valued greatly above imports so the ability to get cheap or free raw materials was highly desirable under a mercantilist system with the hopes of increasing exports

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

i am pretty sure it is a