Why did farmers lose their independence to shopkeepers and merchants? a. they lost much of their crops to floods and disease. b. they bought more goods than they could afford. c. they bought less goods from them. d. they bought more goods that were very cheap.

A.They lost much of their crops to floods and disease

It is one of the several reason why farmers increasingly lost their independence to shopkeepers and merchants. this is because poor yield resulting from floods and diseases directed the masses to the shops and merchants ,away from the farmers.

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