The primary reason monarchs sought out new sources of income in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was due to the ________
A. growing cost of warfare
B. growing cost of farming equipment
C. food and clothing needs of the peasants
D. need to build new public offices
E. continual increase in population
Answer: A
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