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The Age of Discovery and Exchange: Exploration and Conquest — Test

Question 6 • *KCPS World History (2027)

What aspect of the Commercial Revolution would bring discord between colonists and their mother countries?

Answer
A
Colonial farmers were taxed on goods they produced.
B
Colonists were not permitted to buy shares in joint-stock companies.
C
All goods and raw materials were tightly regulated by the mother country.
D
There was a lack of a stock exchange in the colonial outpost.

Explanation

Under the Commercial Revolution, mother countries used mercantilist policies to control colonial trade and ensure it benefited the home country. Tight regulation of colonial goods and raw materials could limit what colonists produced, bought, and sold, creating resentment and conflict. Therefore, the correct choice is “All goods and raw materials were tightly regulated by the mother country.”

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