The first stock exchange was established in antwerp, belgiumamsterdam, the netherlandslondon, england. brokers, merchants, and investors met at these stock exchanges. the stock exchange and companies raise money for their businesses.

The first stock exchange was established in Antwerp, Belgium. Brokers, merchants, and investors met at these stock exchanges. The stock exchange helped merchants and companies raise money for their businesses.

The first stock exchange was founded in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1460, when the city began to buy and sell goods from Venice and was becoming a leading commercial and financial center of Western Europe. The stock exchange helped companies and merchants of England, France, Portuguese, Italy, Spanish, Germany and Belgium itself, to raise money for their business, such as breweries, malt factories, bleaching works, sugar refineries, diamonds industry, etc.

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the right answer is the third one: turnpikes went short distances to connect markets. turnpikes, also known as toll roads, were very important for trade and transportation (of people, goods and products) in the 19th century, coinciding with the expansion towards the west. they contributed significantly to the economic development of the united states.