By the end of the seventeenth century, commerce was the foundation of empire and the leading cause of competition between european empires. explain how the north american colonies were directly linked to atlantic commerce by laws and trade.

Before the finish of the seventeenth century, the first populace of the North American states at first touched base from nations over the Atlantic. A lot of their laws are impacted by their inceptions. There was a great deal of Atlantic exchange done between the provinces and European nations too.