Why did the people of the rural side accept the offer made by the merchants?

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As merchants decrease the taxes

Merchants provided them subsidy

People of rural areas depended on merchants for livelihood

None of these

answer is C.

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As people of rural areas depended on merchants for livelihood, they accepted the offer made by the merchants.
To increase their output, merchants who operated in Europe's towns and cities in the 17th and 18th centuries began to go to the countryside. They started giving the farmers and craftspeople resources and money to encourage them to start making things for the global market.
Small peasants and artisans in the countryside eagerly embraced the merchants' offer and began working for them. The small peasants and poor artisans who had relied on the open fields and commons for a living had to find other alternate sources because they were turning into private property at an accelerating trend. As a result, they voluntarily agreed to work for the towns' and cities' merchants.

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