The primary characteristic of a feudal society is the exchange of land for services.
The overlord will grant the vassal a land in exchange for the vassal's services. Services like fighting beside the lord in terms of war. Vassals have their own men and since the vassal is at the service of the overlord, his men is also at the service of the overlord.
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It allowed emperors to justify conquering new territories. It inspired merchants to spread European ideas about democracy.
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I think b is the correct answer
Actually, I would say there is barely any relations: some of the higher income areas are very democrat ( so the first one is a possible answer), but some other are republican. Some of the richest are republican too. So in the end, i'd say there is no apparent relationship, although if there is, then democrats tend to be richer( but just a bit- the problem is that most of Florida is republican, so it's hard to to tell.
