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What was the result of the War of the Austrian Succession?

An inconclusive standoff that set the stage for further warfare

Between 1700 and 1835, Europe's population

doubled

Why does Daniel Defoe believe that cottage industry is the answer to rural poverty (Primary Source 17.2)?

A man can continue to work in agriculture while his wife and children supplement his wages with their earning.

In Primary Source 17.1, Arthur Young, writing at the end of the eighteenth century on the benefits of enclosure, believes that

enclosures will increase the amount of employment compared with open fields.

As noted in Primary Source 17.3, Adam Smith thought that a proper division of labor would make it possible for a small number of men to do the work of many more because it

makes it possible for an unskilled worker to be part of the manufacturing process.

According to recent scholarship, during the eighteenth century the guild system

remained flexible as masters adopted new technologies and circumvented impractical rules.

Holland's leadership in farming methodology can be attributed to

the necessity to provide for a densely populated country.