Why Did Capitalism Begin to Replace Feudalism

question 25

Multiple Choice

Why did capitalism begin to replace feudalism?

• A) More crops were being produced than could be consumed locally, turning farming from a subsistence activity that one did to survive into a for-profit business.
• B) Tenants who worked feudal land grew to understand themselves as having the same right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as landowners.
• C) The legal category of "private property" was abolished by law.
• D) Massive famines required greater cooperation among landowners and peasant workers if any of them hoped to survive.

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Definitions:

Cost

The expenditure of resources, such as money, time, or effort, incurred in the pursuit or acquisition of goods, services, or outcomes.

Benefits

Advantages or positive effects that are derived from a particular action or policy.

Rational Autonomy

The capability of individuals to make reasoned, self-governed choices free from external constraints or coercion.

Bodily Integrity

The inviolability of the physical body and the right to control one’s own body free of external interference.