Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century ?
Correct answer: B. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade
- A. formal diplomatic relations with China
- B. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade
- C. the American and French revolutions
- D. the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity
Explanation
Britain's eighteenth-century wealth was strongly supported by colonial exploitation, enslaved labour, and the Atlantic slave trade, alongside industrial and commercial expansion. The revolutions and the bourgeois novel were not the primary causes listed here.
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