Question

Select the best description of why most wealthy northern merchants supported Alexander Hamilton's ideas:                     A) Merchants profited from his economic policies, which included high tariffs on foreign trade

B)Merchants favored a weak central government and low tariffs
  C)Merchants feared that if the common man gained too much power, they might exchange foreign trade 
  D)Merchants favored  an economy largely devoted to farming, and to a lesser degree, trade and manufacturing

Answer 1

A) Merchants profited from his economic policies, which included high tariffs on foreign trade

Answer 2

A) Merchants profited from his economic policies, which included high tariffs on foreign trade

Step-by-step explanation:

Alexander Hamilton believed strongly on a strong nationalist economic policy, that consisted in helping and favouring local and national producers, sevices providors and merchants over the international products this done by heavily taxing foreign products and services and helping national producers and merchants, this way the national economy would boost out of the consumption of national products.