A) The mercantile system kept people from sharing in the wealth that was circulating around the Atlantic world.
During the eighteenth century, one of the arguments made against the mercantile system was that it created a system where only a few people were able to benefit from the wealth that was circulating around the Atlantic world, while the majority of people were excluded from these benefits. This argument was put forward by advocates of free trade, who argued that removing the barriers to trade would allow more people to benefit from the wealth being generated in the colonies.