What led to a system of barter in colonies -relations with england-

What led to a system of barter in colonies?

This system of trade was picked up from phoenicians and it was a way of internal economy in the colonies where the people traded goods with each other. Even when mercantilism was introduced by england.

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Upon the fall of rome, europe ceased being influenced by the cultures of the mediterranean coast and was more influenced by germanic tribal confederations that had already taken over vast swathes of roman territory, although the influence of rome on the former empire was very strong in legal