Answer:
ᴋᴇʀᴇɴꜱᴋʏ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴇʀᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴅᴇᴄʀᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ
By expanding its territories and improving its government.
Because the rise of merchants weakened the power of monarchs making the peasants leave their manors for towns where they could find work. Also, agriculture stopped being profitable bec merchants imported food so there was no more need for agriculture