“When London Merchants Urge Repeal” (January 17, 1766) referred

to “this Trade, consisting of British Manufactures exported, and of

the Import of raw Materials from America, many of them used in

our Manufactures, and all of them tending to lessen our Dependence

on neighboring States,” what economic system was specifi cally being

described?

(A) Stochastic

(B) Mercantilism

(C) Qualitative

(D) Keynesian

(E) Laissez-faire