Question

moreover, our gracious will and pleasure is... that if any person or persons, which shall be of any of the said colonies and times hereafter, transport any wares, merchandises, or commodities, out of any of our dominions, with a pretence to land the same, within any the limits and precincts of any of the said colonies and plantations, and yet nevertheless, being at sea same within any of the said colonies... then all the goods and chattels of such person or persons, so offending and transpo ship or vessel, wherein such transportation was made, shall be forfeited to us, our heirs, and successors. - from the first virginia charter, 1606
which economic policy is being described in this excerpt from the virginia charter?
a socialism
b imperialism
c capitalism
d mercantilism

Explanation:

El extracto del Virginia Charter de 1606 describe una política económica que controla el comercio colonial para beneficiar a la metrópoli, característica del mercantilismo. El socialismo (A) no es adecuado, el imperialismo (B) es más político, y el capitalismo (C) promueve libre mercado, mientras que el mercantilismo (D) implica control del comercio colonial.

Answer:

D. mercantilism