The European Peasantry in the Eighteenth Century

question 55

Multiple Choice

The European peasantry in the eighteenth century

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

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