英国对北美殖民地的重商主义政策及其影响

The British Mercantilist Policies to the Thirteen Colonies in North Ame rica and Their Influences

英国的重商主义政策贯穿于北美殖民地整个时期 ,对殖民地经济的发展往往交织地发挥着消极和积极的“双重”作用。英国的重商主义政策从制定到执行完全是从母国的角度来考虑 ,随着北美殖民地经济的壮大 ,其对殖民地不同地区的经济运行所产生的消极作用逐渐居于主导地位。北美

Great Britains policies toward its thirteen North American colonies were merca n tilist, affecting their economic development both positively and negatively. As these policies were formulated to favor only the colonizing country, their negat ive effects on economic operations in the different colonized regions became inc reasingly obvious and dominating. Throwing off the development model with which mercantilist policies saddled them was to be a driving force in the colonies s truggle for independence.