Economic Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Transformed the Character

question 20

Multiple Choice

Economic change in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries transformed the character of city governments by

• A)increasing the power of privileged landed families.
• B)eliminating guild control of many cities.
• C)tying town interests more closely to royal interests.
• D)changing the character of town councils from commercial interests to landed wealth.
• E)All of these.

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