Question

why merchants turned to countryside

Answer 1

Answer:

Because, people of the countryside would get influenced by their products and would want to buy them!!!

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

.Merchants supplied money to peasants and artisans, persuading them to produce for an international market.

. Demand for goods increased since the European powers had acquired colonies and sold their goods in these colonies.

. But merchants could not expand production within towns because the urban crafts and trade guilds were very powerful.

. Rulers granted different guilds the monopoly rights to produce and trade in specific products.

. It was therefore difficult for new merchants to set up business in towns. So they turned to

countryside.