Why did European leaders adopt mercantilist policies in the 17th century?

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Explanation:

 Mercantilism is an economic technique in which governments exploit their economies to strengthen their own power at the expense of other nations. Governments aimed to guarantee that exports outpaced imports and that bullion was accumulated as a form of wealth (mostly gold and silver).

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explanation:

peasants’ war, (1524–25) peasant uprising in germany inspired by changes brought by the reformation, peasants in western and southern germany invoked   divine law to demand agrarian rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords. as the uprising spread, some peasant groups organized armies. although the revolt was supported huldrych zwingli and thomas müntzerits condemnation by martain luther contributed to its defeat, principally by the army of the swabian league. some 100,000 peasants were killed. reprisals and increased restrictions discouraged further attempts to improve the peasants’ plight.

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