Question

Why did merchants move to the countryside in 17 th century europe?

Answer 1

merchants moves to the country side because of the availability of raw resources.and the labours were cheaply sold

Answer 2

Explanation:

Merchant to Country' side

1) Merchant couldn't expand their production in cities or urban areas .

2) Urban crafts and trade guilds were powerful

3) the guilds controlled production , priceses , competitions

4) even rulers granted different guilds monopoly over the production and trade .

5) because of all these problems small merchant moved to Countryside .