They were discouraged because the law at that time stated that their earning basically belonged to their spouse, and also they couldn't own property, so they couldn't use their money in any way other than giving it to their husband. With this kind of a law, nobody would work.
I believe that would be representation. The small states wanted the same number of representatives as the large states....but the large states wanted representation based on population.
The role that the silk road had on other civilizations is that since the silk road was a major trading point many people from many different civilizations would go there to trade their goods, especially the Chinese. The Chinese had something nowhere else did they had silk and spices and people would pay very high for those two goods.
The institution of slavery was caused by the end of indentured servants, the keeping of slave children, and the unhumanlike treatment of slaves between 1607 and 1750.The development of slavery was caused by the increasing demand for labor, economic pressure, and the continued growth of plantation numbers
They begin to give people more rights out of fear of revolt. This happened in austria-hungary, prussia and many european powers.
