Consumer preferences and spending, not the government, drive what types of products and services companies offer. The government allows you to choose any type of business or field that you are interested in owning or seeking employment.
During 9/11 George W Bush was president of the United States. He increased intervention by starting the war on terror.
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The right stated above can be found in the fourth amendment.
The correct answer is - accumulate bigger wealth.
The mercantile system is an economic system, which in its essence has it that a nation should be increasing its trade in order to make bigger wealth, and that should be done by using protectionism.
The European powerhouses were trying to implement this way of economic theory, so they were conquering new territories in order to get more materials and goods, exploit the local populations as cheap labor force, develop their industry and manufacture more and more, and also open up new markets in order to sell the final products.