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After 45 years of the queen’s rule, James I succeeded Elizabeth I to the English throne in 1603, at which point the English econ
After 45 years of the queen’s rule, James I succeeded Elizabeth I to the English throne in 1603, at which point the English econ
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After 45 years of the queen’s rule, James I
succeeded
Elizabeth I to the English throne in 1603, at which point the English economy was struggling. The population of England was swelling, food production was insufficient, and prices were high. Despite its instability, a few industries brought reliable income to the English economy. In particular, many merchants relied on the export of cloth to continental Europe. For the first decade of James I’s reign, the cloth trade prospered and was an important source of revenue for the English. However, the king was to make a serious mistake that would eventually lead to the fall of the English cloth trade.
In 1614, William Cockayne, an English merchant and politician, proposed that James I make a dramatic change to the way the English exported cloth. At the time, the English produced primarily unfinished cloth. This meant that they sold cloth that had not been dyed, bleached, or otherwise processed. Most often, companies in the Netherlands bought the plain cloth from England and finished it themselves. The Dutch were experts in the complex
procedures and technologies required to finish cloth, and these procedures add significant value to the unfinished cloth they had purchased from England.
As a result, Dutch cloth companies could sell their goods at much higher prices than the English could. Hoping to transfer these profits to English companies, Cockayne proposed that the English finish the cloth themselves to increase the value of their cloth exports. He also asked James I to establish a company, which was to function under Cockayne’s leadership, that would control and monopolize the export of finished cloth to continental Europe. The king was in need of money, and the prospect of increased revenue appealed to him. Thus, he agreed to Cockayne’s plan and, per Cockayne’s request, founded the King’s Merchant Adventurers, a company with a primary purpose of exporting finished cloth.
However, Cockayne’s plan disrupted the previously steady English cloth trade and was ultimately ineffective for a number of reasons. First, James I’s support of Cockayne’s company created a rift between the king and many powerful English merchants, particularly the members of the unfinished cloth company called the Merchant Adventurers, which had been cast aside in favor of Cockayne’s group. Furthermore, the Dutch, who had previously been Europe’s main supplier of finished cloth, responded to English competition by refusing to purchase any English cloth products, and many other European nations did the same. In addition, merchants in other countries refused to ship English cloth or charged English business people inflated fees for shipping. The resistance from abroad was particularly damaging to the King’s Merchant Adventurers because it could not afford the ships that were necessary to transport its goods to European markets.
In addition to the difficulties caused by its widespread unpopularity, Cockayne’s company was unable to produce quality goods. For one, Cockayne did not have the funds to acquire the machines needed to finish cloth. Moreover, English cloth makers were not experts in the finishing process and could not match the high-quality finished cloth produced by their competitors in the Netherlands. By 1617, just three years after the company was established, James I had dissolved the King’s Merchant Adventurers.
Based on the information in the second paragraph, why did the king agree to Cockayne’s proposals?
选项
A、He was desperate to improve the English economy quickly.
B、He believed that the changes would allow England to expand the cloth industry.
C、He worried about England’s overreliance on trade partnerships with the Netherlands.
D、He wanted to encourage technological advancement in English industries.
答案
A
解析
题目问根据第2段的信息,国王为什么同意科凯恩的建议。第2段倒数第2句提到国王需要钱,想要增加财政收入,进而改善英国的经济困境,因此A项“他急于迅速改善英国经济”正确。B项“他认为这些变化将使英国扩大布业”、C项“他担心英国过分依赖与荷兰的贸易伙伴关系”和D项“他想鼓励英国工业的技术进步”在文中均未被提及。
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