Which of the following actions by British colonists in North America was
most likely motivated by the system of mercantilism?
A. A colonial assembly agrees to allow all property-owning males to
vote on laws and policies.
B. A mine owner sells iron to a British smith who smelts it into steel
to sell back to the colonists,
C. A poor farmer grows wheat to feed his family and sells his surplus
to other colonists for manufactured goods.
D. A priest encourages fur traders to spread Christianity to their
American Indian trading partners.