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under this economic model a country strives to create a favorable balance of trade, in which the value of its exports is greater
than the value of its imports.
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The economic model characterized mainly by its pursuit of a favorable balance of trade is mercantilism (D). It was the dominant economic system adopted by European powers during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries in relation to their colonies.

The main objective of this economic system was to support the growing structure of the States: it was in this period that the formation of national monarchies (Spain, for example) took place.  

According to mercantilism states’ exports should value more than their imports. It was also characterized by the collection of precious metals, whose main examples are the silver extracted from America by the Spanish (XVI-XVIII) and the gold extracted from Brazil by the Portuguese (XVIII).  

the answer is: the sesquicentennial of the american civil war is an occasion to consider the legacy of that great conflict. this legacy is our inheritance, and despite many indelible features, we continue to negotiate the resolution of that conflict. the civil war was fought over slavery, but not always on behalf of slaves

because of its location and commercial importance, atlanta was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the confederate army during the civil war. therefore, it also became a target for the union army. general william tecumseh sherman and his troops captured the city in 1864.