Author Question: Although British mercantilism was applied to the sugar produced in their Caribbean colonies, it ... (Read 63 times)

jace · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Although British mercantilism was applied to the sugar produced in their Caribbean colonies, it generally failed because

a. of serious competition from Spanish sugar producers.
b. of interference of the French navy in the trade routes.
c. producers of sugar made greater profits by selling their sugar to the Dutch.
d. worldwide sugar prices were unstable.
e. New England merchants traded directly with sugar planters in the area.

Question 2

What is an example of the Qing use of diplomacy to impose control?

a. They replaced Tibetan monks with Qing monks.
b. They relied on tribute missions.
c. They invited non-Han groups living on the margins of Chinese society to negotiate a peace treaty.
d. They denied conquered territories any form of political autonomy.
e. They used threat of violence as a diplomatic tool.