Ap Euro Chapter 17

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How did the problem of food shortages change in the eighteenth century?

Increased road and canal building permitted food to be more easily transported to regions with local crop failure and famine.

In the eighteenth century, the biggest increase in British foreign trade was with

Britain's own colonies.

Which of the following describes the role of women in guilds in the eighteenth century?

Masters began to hire more female workers, often in defiance of guild rules.

The proletarianization of peasants in the eighteenth century forced them to

become landless rural wage earners.

Between 1700 and 1835, Europe's population

doubled.

In the eighteenth century, European public health measures

improved water supply and sewage systems.

Holland's leadership in farming methodology can be attributed to

the necessity to provide for a densely populated country.

At the center of Adam Smith's arguments in The Wealth of Nations was the belief that

the pursuit of self-interest in competitive markets would improve the living conditions of citizens.

Within the family, the operation of the loom

was reserved for the male head of household.

The industrious revolution was a result of

poor families choosing to reduce leisure time and the production of goods for household consumption in order to earn wages to buy consumer goods.

From 1701 to 1763, what was at stake in the wars between Great Britain and France?

The position as Europe's leading maritime power, with the ability to claim profits from Europe's overseas expansion

The English Navigation Acts mandated that all English imports and exports be transported on English ships, and they also

gave British merchants a virtual monopoly on trade with British colonies.


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