Question

3. Working for urban merchants was welcome for the peasants' households because
(a) it gave a chance to the countryside to compete with urban guilds
(b) proto-industrial production supplemented their shrinking incomes from cultivation
and allowed fuller use of family's labour resources
(c) it helped them to produce better while sitting at home
(d) none of the above​

Answer 1

Answer:

By working for the merchants, the poor peasants and the artisans could continue to remain in the countryside, and cultivate their small plots. Income from proto-industrial production supplemented their shrinking income from cultivation. It also allowed them a fuller use of their family labour resource

Answer 2

Answer:

option b is correct

Explanation:

Working for urban merchants was welcome for the peasants' households because proto-industrial production supplemented their shrinking incomes from cultivation

and allowed fuller use of family's labour resources