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Which event contributed most to Europe's movement away from feudalism and toward an economic system based on the exchange of money?
the final battle of the Hundred Years' War
the exploration of unknown worlds by Europe's explorers
increased literacy rates due to the invention of the printing press
the labor shortage caused by the Black Death
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The labor shortage caused by the Black Death.
With so many deaths in the mid-14th century, skilled and unskilled labor became scarce, giving surviving peasants bargaining power to demand wages or leave manors. Landlords switched from labor services to rent and wage payments, undermining serfdom and accelerating the shift to a money-based, market-oriented economy.
With so many deaths in the mid-14th century, skilled and unskilled labor became scarce, giving surviving peasants bargaining power to demand wages or leave manors. Landlords switched from labor services to rent and wage payments, undermining serfdom and accelerating the shift to a money-based, market-oriented economy.
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