Question

The relationship between levels of military personnel and state revenues as shown in the table is best understood in the context of which of the following global developments in the period 1450–1750 ?


As military forces expanded and became more professionalized, states were forced to develop new ways to generate revenue.

Option A,As military forces expanded and became more professionalized, states were forced to develop new ways to generate revenue.

a

As agricultural technology became more advanced, less people were needed to farm and more people were able to be enrolled in state militaries.

Option B,As agricultural technology became more advanced, less people were needed to farm and more people were able to be enrolled in state militaries.

b

As commercial profits and urbanization increased, states were able to obtain more revenue.

Option C,As commercial profits and urbanization increased, states were able to obtain more revenue.

c

As states expanded their territories, they were able to acquire access to more natural resources.

Option D,As states expanded their territories, they were able to acquire access to more natural resources.

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Answer 1

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The period 1450–1750 saw the rise of gunpowder weapons, standing armies and navies, and more professionalized militaries. Sustaining these forces required much higher and more reliable revenue streams, prompting states to develop new fiscal systems (taxation, fiscal bureaucracies, state borrowing, mercantilist policies). While commercial growth and urbanization aided revenue, the key causal link in the table is that expanding/professional militaries forced fiscal innovation.