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Finance minister Jean Baptiste Colbert helped to make France the wealthiest state in Europe by imposing merchantilist policies to bolster the economy. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the fourth option or option "D". He was the finance minister of Louis XIV.
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The correct answer for this question would be the first option. Based on the given excerpt above, what Paine suggests about the king's action is that, his actions make Britain poorer. The king is making the nation poorer because of his actions of making war and giving away land. Hope this answers your question.
