24.Mercantilism as applied by Britain to its North American colonies meant that the British governmentAsubsidized colonial merchantsBencouraged the colonists to trade with other foreign countriesCencouraged the colonies to become economically self-sufficientDregulated colonial shipping and tobacco productionEbarred trade with American Indians

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Option: D. regulated colonial shipping and tobacco production.

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Mercantilism is a system in which a country tries to acquire wealth through trade. Britain expected colonies to provide raw materials to the mother country. The British interest was to increase trade and wealth for England. North American colonists provided a market for the manufactured goods from England, which led to a trade policy in which colonies expected to supply raw materials to England. The English Crown expected, colonies to bring prosperity to England through trading crops like tobacco and regulating colonial shipping that allowed to trade only with British.  

Answer:Regulated Colonial Shipping and production

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