According to the Princeton University wordnet, an intruder is defined as someone who intrudes on another's privacy or property without permission. In the 15th-17th centuries the word "intruder" commonly referred to a ship and crew involved in smuggling. The intruding ships were recorded as trading goods and slaves outside the monopoly of the Spanish West India Company. (Paesie, R. 2008) Mercantilism, (also known as mercantile capitalism), was the economic system of government of the Spanish colonies. This meant that only a colony's homeland would supply and control the import and export of goods, thus preventing trade with any other country and ensuring total control of the wealth emanating from that settlement. Mercantilism ensured that Spanish colonies could only sell and buy from Spain. Spanish citizens enjoyed this expansion of their treasury until it was challenged by the English, French, and Dutch. The English and French were the main settlers, while the Dutch were the main traders of the 1600s. They became French, Dutch and British...