Question

why were merchants from towns in europe began to move countryside in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Answer 1

In the 17th and 18th century the merchants from the towns in europe began moving to the countryside because the availability of raw material wsa cheap asnd even the labourers were also available for more production.

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Answer 2

In the 17th and 18th century the merchants from the towns in europe began moving to the countryside because the availability of cheap raw material  and even the labourers were also available for more production.

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