In the mercantilist economic perspective, the role of overseas colonies was to ______________.
A. trade goods only with the mother country
B. supply goods to be used by the mother country to increase its economic advantage
C. extend competition with other nation-states based on which one had the most territories
D. create a new market for domestic trade
E. establish a monopoly on certain products
Answer: B
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