Answer:
C. Promote economic fairness and help ensure peace.
Explanation:
Edge
The correct answer is C. Google the Jim Crowe laws and you will see why. ^w^
The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. Mercantilism is an economic practice by which governments used their economies to augment state power at the expense of other countries. Governments sought to ensure that exports exceeded imports and to accumulate wealth in the form of bullion (mostly gold and silver).
