Which of these had the BIGGEST and EARLIEST impact on the system of mercantilism that developed in the 1600s?
a. American revolutions
b. colonization of the Americas
c. the development of the cotton gin
d. the development of the steam engine
It would be the "b. colonization of the Americas" that had the biggest and earliest impact on the system of mercantilism that developed in the 1600s, since this "New World" offered a variety of new goods and crops that could be traded for profit.
