During the 1600s and 1700s, the mercantile system helped Britain to become a world power.
Define mercantilism and explain the role the
colonies played in the mercantile system.
Had tobacco not been able to survive in the
Virginia Colony, what might have happened to
Great Britain?

1. which of the following best explains why president roosevelt proposed his 1937 “court-packing” plan? a. he argued that more juries were necessary to hear challenges to the new deal. b. he wanted to add to the supreme court more justices who supported the new deal. c. he argued that the supreme court lacked the authority to overturn new deal programs. 2. the federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic) was created primarily to address which problem? think of where deposits are made. a. the widespread bank failures that resulted from bank runs b. the freezing of credit that resulted from high unemployment c. the increase in personal debt that resulted from rising food prices