The increasing prosperity of the New World colonies was primarily due to:

Question: The increasing prosperity of the New World colonies was primarily due to:

1!. mercantilism, resulting in a balance of trade!.
2!.the Staple Act
3!. the Navigation Act of 1696 and the Molasses Act, geared to make the mother country rich and hence, the colonies in the process!.
4!.the inherent wealth of the land itself!.
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4, explain why:

1!. Mercantilism is the plan that the colonies export resources to the mother country, import manufactured goods from the mother country!.
So, this would be something colonies would complain about - To get along, they ended up having to do a lot of ILLEGAL trade with the West Indies, and the Spanish empire!.
2!.!. Staple act!.!.!.You must mean the 'Stamp Act!.' ( "Staple" is a modern economic term for the most-made thing in one's country; not a word used back then!.) That was one cause of the Am!. Revolution!.
3!. Forms of mercantilism, so wouldn't apply!.

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partly 4, but the hunger of the home nations and the huge health improvements in the children of the original settlers who came from impovrished and crowded disease ridden host nationsWww@QuestionHome@Com