Why could the british restriction of trade be considered a violation of natural rights?

What directive in source a might have been at the root of the action described in source b?

Who believed that the best economic system was one in which businesses compete to gain profit with minimal or no government control? a.thomas hobbes b.john locke c.adam smith d.jean-jacques rousseau

Lloyd’s of london was one of the first institutions to offer insurance to merchants and joint-trade companies. a major part of the insurance system involved people who agreed to take responsibility for the insured losses in return for a fee. what were these risk-takers known as? a. joint-stock companies b. investors c. underwriters d. merchants e. capitalists