The English won the war against the french so the answer would be true
He owned all the refineries, so he charged whatever prices he wanted.
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Im pretty sure one of the main reasons is because of the treaty system
Their lack of a good trading system. Since they had no Beasts of Burden (Camals) they couldn’t transfer their goods to any trading port.
Another problem was that there rulers after were terrible and did nothing but strengthen the army
