Question

Why were Merchants from towns in europe began to move countyside in seventeeth and eighteenth centuries?

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

Merchants began to move countryside in 17th & 18th century –  

(i) Merchants could not expand production within towns.  

(ii) The trade guilds restricted the entry of new people into the trade in towns.  

(iii) Any other relevant point Any one point to be examined.

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