1. The story of how mercantilism affected people By Sharon Samuel

2. 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.

3. THE WAR China invaded South Africa and killed more than 500 civilians in the process and forced thousands to start creating new coal mines.

4. THE STEALING After this China shipped all the produced coal to China. There they used it for electricity and to create other products. Then…

5. 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.