How did trade slowly help win some political freedoms for medieval townspeople?

Answer & Explanation:

Through trade townspeople grew wealthier; as their wealth increased, they forced nobles and kings to grant them basic rights. ... It was to expensive for most nobles or knights to maintain them and a new weapon, the cannon, made them obsolete.

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according to the passage the most suitable options are two. the first one is "by leading the aef to victory in several key battles" like the battle of saint- mihiel and the battle of cantigny mentioned in the passage you copied here. the second one is "by the aef and allied forces defeat germany" since the passage says that his army destroy the german resistance in the meuse- argonne offensive. and also, "by insisting that the aef operate as an independent force".

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