Why did European leaders adopt mercantilist policies in the 17th century?

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 Mercantilism is an economic technique in which governments exploit their economies to strengthen their own power at the expense of other nations. Governments aimed to guarantee that exports outpaced imports and that bullion was accumulated as a form of wealth (mostly gold and silver).

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george calvert wanted maryland to be a colony where could live safely. because georgia's founders wanted a colony of small farms rather than large plantations, they originally banned under british law in the 1700s, people who owed money could be