Why did the framers of the constitution believe that the prosperity of the nation depended on a free enterprise system? a. they believed that in a free enterprise system, the government would be able to play a major role in people’s lives and new businesses thrive and compete in a global marketplace. b. they believed that in a free enterprise system, people would be free to make their own laws and regulations and that this would stimulate the economy. c. they believed that in a free enterprise system, state governments would be better able to control the economy than the federal government would because states better understood their citizens’ needs. d. they believed that in a free enterprise system, government played a limited role in the economy, and americans would thrive when left to individual enterprise.