Select the correct answer. how did adam smith’s ideas influence the enlightenment? a. they prevented governments from enacting free trade policies, weakening global economies. b. they were impractical because they gave no clear direction about the moral goals of an economy. c. they promoted the idea of a free market, which strengthen the global economy. d. they set up new businesses with the assistance of the government.

C.  

They promoted the idea of a free market, which helped strengthen the global economy.

Explanation:

Smith's ideas of free trade opposed Mercantilism and protected markets. He believed that nations were better off when goods were exchanged freely and every country tried to specialize in the goods they were better endowed to produce. His ideas followed a certain Newtonian understanding of the world, and he believed that there was an underlying force that regulated the economy naturally.

he didn't think it was ethically wrong. he thought it was not going to work and it was not going to be of any assistance. he wrote about that in his memoirs.

the tariff was created to protect industry in the northern part of the united states. industries in the north were being driven out of business by imported goods that were priced at a low rate. the goal was to protect these industries   by taxing the goods.