Question

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🌾 Question
Which of the following most directly contributed to peasants’ inability to build wealth? (1 point)

📝 Responses
( ) Peasants were required to tithe 90 percent of what they earned to lords.

( ) Since manors were self-sufficient, peasants did not need to build wealth.

( ) Peasants were not allowed to pass down an inheritance.

( ) Only one common currency was used.

Answer 1

( ) Peasants were required to tithe 90 percent of what they earned to lords.

Explanation: Heavy rents, taxes, and labor obligations to lords and the Church left peasants with little surplus to save or invest, preventing wealth accumulation.