Question

why were merchants from towns in europe began to move countryside in seventeeth and eighteenth century

Answer 1

In the 17th and 18th centuries,merchants from the towns in Europe began moving to the countryside, supplying money to peasants and artisans, persuading them to produce for an international market. The merchants could not expand production within towns because here urban crafts and trade guilds were powerful.

Answer 2

In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the merchants from towns in Europe began moving to the countryside as the resources were available in plenty and at cheaper rates.

Also, the manual laborers in the country were in high numbers which were useful for increasing the production.

As this was the era of industrialization, large-scale production was a must to supply the goods to the international market and to cut the costs involved in buying resources and getting laborers in the town, and the merchants moved to the countryside.