The long-standing subservience of women in China, combined w…

The long-standing subservience of women in China, combined with the accumulation of wealth brought by the commercial revolution, led to the practice of foot-binding.  By making women dysfunctional, a man could prove that he was affluent enough to not need his women to work.  

The economic system that accompanied European colonialism is…

The economic system that accompanied European colonialism is called ______________________________.  In this system the profit of the state was most important and individual profit was secondary.  The colonies existed to enrich the mother country.  It put severe restrictions on a rapidly expanding global market and would lead to a break between wealthy commoners and the absolute monarchs.