Among the major elements underlying the social crisis of the 1600s was
A. a steep economic decline in the Mediterranean region as silver imports from Spanish colonies declined.
B. a "little ice age" in the latter half of the 1200s, cutting food production and leading to famine.
C. a sharp European population increase after 1635 cut per capita food availability by one-half.
D. the increased gold imports from Africa, which led to serious economic inflation.
E. the onset of the White Death, a variant of the bubonic plague.
Answer: A
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