the story of how mercantilism affected people by sharon samuel

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The story of how mercantilism affected peopleBy Sharon Samuel

THE BEGINNING One bright and sunny morning China

found out that she was running out of coal. So the government of China decided to invade South Africa for coal.

THE WARChina invaded South Africa and killed

more than 500 civilians in the process and forced thousands to start creating new coal mines.

THE STEALINGAfter this China shipped all the

produced coal to China. There they used it for electricity and to create other products. Then…

THE SELLING China took back the leftover coal and

the products created from it to South Africa. They made the citizens buy it at a very costly price. So went the story of China and mercantilism.

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