1.  There was some wild economic change during this time, son, like, BIG changes. The ideas of cottage industry were a-spreading, farming rules were changing, a lot of people moving into the cities. SO people were being forced into new social situations with more and more people living in cities. In Britain, expansion made private banking a thing. Modern credit facilities also appeared, (setting the stage for the crippling debt tons of spoiled rich girls put their parents through today) such as the state bank. This created economic stimulus which in turn gave the people more money to spend. (Hey look I tied in the growth of commerce bt in with the banking innovations bit aren't I a good student please give me a good grade)As always, the status quo was still in place with the rich people getting richer and the poor people getting poorer (Capitalism: The Early Years)

 

2.  Remember earlier when we talked about how the Spaniards came to the Americas and we talked about how they were like "ALL THE SILVER YASSSS" well that was the price revolution son and capital= money so when they making all that capital off the silver it means MORE EXPANSION because more money=more ships, more crew members, and more weapons. People could invest in land and farming which by the way was different because they had that enclosure system comin up which is where there were no more public farms. They were enclosed by fences and stuff, and only wealthier landowners could get in on that because they could afford fences and whatnot.

3. (okay Mr. Perkins you better be real dang grateful for this particular section because I could find literally NONE of it in the books. I had to use this  stupid site)

Apparently, feudalism was such a smashing success that it became unnecessary.It resulted in an era of prosperity and all-around goodness that it made the institution itself irrelevant. People started using money more than trading goods, leading to a resurrection of commerce. Instead of serf working on a king's land, merchants would rent out a bit of land, and turn that place into a thriving marketplace. 

(unfortunately i could not find anything about eastern europe i apologize but really blame it on the internet) 

 

4. There were HELLA reasons forthe expansions, one being that a lot of farmers were not being farmers anymore at the hand of the enclosure system, because they either had no monies to buy fences and what not or they had no sufficient proof that they owned land. So they flocked to cities, and wih all this rural-urban migration, the cities were stuck with a lot of people, a lot of sanitation problems, a lot of infrastructure problems, and a whole lotta homeless. Sometimes, the government would see guilds in these sucky cities and say, "Hm. I don't like that. That's some real immoral stuff."  And then they would ban guilds.

 

5. (You are a beautiful man Mr. Perkins than you for giving s this straightforward question that had the answers directly i the book thank you thnak you omgodness thank touy im crying tears of gratitude)

ALRIGHT SO THE BUBONIC PLAGUE JUST KIND OF WENT AWAY AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? yEAH IT DID. JUST UP AND LEFT AND SINCE NOW THERE WERE LESS PEOPLE DYING, WOMEN HAVING TONS OF BABIES ACTUALLY MADE A CONSIDERABLE DENT IN THE POPULATION AND MADE IT SHOOT UP. ALSO IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE MADE THINGS BETTER. 

 

6. Reasons families were able to dedicate more space for kids:

• Enlightenment ideals stressed importance of parental nurturing

• Lots of kids died anyway, so that probably gave parents more time to focus on that one kid out of five or six. Like that one guy that named all his six boys Edward in the hopes that one of themwould survive like that is some pessimistic thinking son but it worked.

• Enlightenment thinkers criticized women for things like wet nursing and being unaffectionate towards their kids.