ANSWER:
Prob testing theories
WHY:
I am unsure
The Revolution opened new markets and new trade relationships. The Americans’ victory also opened the western territories for invasion and settlement, which created new domestic markets. Americans began to create their own manufacturers, no longer content to reply on those in Britain.
They had to pay for the repairs after the war and they had a limit placed on their military
The efforts of the reform were directed against the sinful philosophy taken by the Catholic Church. One of those sinful philosophies was the give away of indulgences. An indulgence was a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins in exchange for an amount of money. From all the aforementioned the start of selling indulgences was not an effect of Reformation.
The correct answer is b) to limit the power of the ruler
The Mandate of Heaven has four basic principles, the right to rule is granted by heaven but this did not mean the ruler could do whatever he wanted - as an example of European rulers - this means that the right to rule is based on the virtue of the ruler, if he does not meet the expectations he does not deserve the right to rule.
At that time Chinese Society had a strict moral code, the ruler had to follow it to deserve power. There are some episodes when there were natural disasters happened and people interpreted it as a sign that the ruler was unjust and needed a replacement.
