During the 1600s and 1700s, the fundamental goal of British mercantilism was to
(1)prohibit all exports of raw materials from the colonies
(2)encourage economic competition with the American colonies
(3)develop manufacturing within the colonies
(4)maintain a favorable balance of trade for Great Britain with its colonies
(1)prohibit all exports of raw materials from the colonies
(2)encourage economic competition with the American colonies
(3)develop manufacturing within the colonies
(4)maintain a favorable balance of trade for Great Britain with its colonies