What is a mercantile system

The system of political economy that sought to enrich the country by restraining imports and encouraging exports.

Explanation:

An econimic policy under which nations spught to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.

OR

A system of political economy that sought to enrich the country by restraining imports and encouraging exports. This system dominated Western European economic thought and policies from the sixteenth to the late eighteenth centuries.

their both pretty much the same thing.

what are the options?

the correct statement is letter a.   according to the mandate of heaven, kings were considered godlike beings, so they could do as they .

the mandate of heaven is a chinese political and religious ideology used since ancient times to justify the rule of the king or emperor of china, that has been in place since the zhou until the dynasty system ended. it has been created to justify the zhou as the main power of the region. in order to keep harmony, the ruler has to make what he wants and what people want. he had to make good choices to satisfy the people and then they will be happy and keep you in power.