Which Statement Best Describes the European Peasantry in the Eighteenth

question 84

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the European peasantry in the eighteenth century?

• A)The peasantry comprised nearly half of Europe's population.
• B)Peasants were free from serfdom in all countries by 1789.
• C)Peasants often owed extensive compulsory services to aristocratic landowners.
• D)Peasants benefited the most in southern Italy and eastern Germany.
• E)The peasantry disappeared in England because of the Industrial Revolution.

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