7th grade social studies help me please

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Explanation:

The laws reflected the economic policy known as mercantilism, which held that colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country as a source of raw materials and a market for its manufactured goods.

2 mercatlism or however you spell this

Explanation:

This Is just because someone named this system that that is what it is, the largest principals of this system is that colonies exist for the benefit of the economy of the mother country, and they are a great trade partne.

the respondent is the party against whom a petition is filed

the main reason the us senate rejected the treaty of versailles was because "european nations wanted to punish germany"

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