How did a move toward mercantilism strengthen royal power? a. by increasing the amount of a nations importsb. by allowing nobles to control taxationc. by creating colonies that supported the king  d. by ensuring more economic prosperity for the merchant and middle classes

d. by ensuring more economic prosperity for the merchant and middle classes

Explanation:

Mercantilism is the economic theory that trade generates wealth and that wealth helps any nation to prosper, when its business men and women are doing well a nation can prosper, mercantilism helped royal power by ensuring economic prosperity for the merchant and middle classes, this helped them have better life quality and gave them a happy society to rule over.

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