▁and ▁silver ▁would ▁pour ▁into ▁London . ▁The ▁government ▁took ▁its ▁share ▁through ▁duties ▁and ▁tax es , ▁with ▁the ▁remainder ▁going ▁to ▁mer ch ants ▁in ▁Britain . ▁The ▁colon ies ▁were ▁capt ive ▁mark ets ▁for ▁British ▁industry , ▁and ▁the ▁goal ▁was ▁to ▁en rich ▁the ▁mother ▁country ▁( not ▁the ▁colon ists ). ▁ ▁British ▁merc ant il ist ▁writers ▁were ▁themselves ▁divided ▁on ▁whether ▁domestic ▁controls ▁were ▁necessary . ▁British ▁merc ant il ism ▁thus ▁mainly ▁took ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁efforts ▁to ▁control ▁trade . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁enfor cement ▁against ▁sm ugg ling ▁was ▁handled ▁by ▁the ▁Royal ▁Navy , ▁argued ▁Neil ▁St out . ▁ ▁A ▁wide ▁array ▁of ▁reg ulations ▁was ▁put ▁in ▁place ▁to ▁encou rage ▁exports ▁and ▁disc ou rage ▁imports . ▁Tar iffs ▁were ▁placed ▁on ▁imports ▁and ▁b ount ies ▁given ▁for ▁exports , ▁and ▁the ▁export ▁of ▁some ▁raw ▁materials ▁was ▁b anned ▁completely . ▁The ▁Navigation ▁Act s ▁exp elled ▁foreign ▁mer ch ants ▁from ▁England ' s ▁domestic ▁trade . ▁The ▁nation ▁ag gress ively ▁sought ▁colon ies ▁and ▁once ▁under ▁British ▁control , ▁reg ulations ▁were ▁im posed ▁that ▁allowed ▁the ▁col ony ▁to ▁only ▁produce ▁raw ▁materials ▁and ▁to ▁only ▁trade ▁with ▁Britain . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁sm ugg ling ▁by ▁major ▁mer ch ants ▁and ▁political ▁fr iction ▁with ▁the ▁business men ▁of ▁these ▁colon ies . ▁Mer c ant il ist ▁policies ▁( such ▁as ▁forb idd ing ▁trade ▁with ▁other ▁emp ires ▁and