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GCSE History · key term
A person who buys and sells goods as a business, sometimes trading over long distances.
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Paper 2
A person who bought and sold goods, sometimes trading between towns or overseas.
Revise: English SocietyOther inhabitants worked as merchants, servants or labourers. Some merchants became wealthy, but many townspeople remained poor. Legal freedom was not the same as financial security.
Paper 1
Link demand for Asian goods to the search for reliable supplies and profits, rather than simply saying that merchants wanted to explore.
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Sheep supplied wool, cloth workers turned it into fabric, and merchants bought and sold wool and cloth. Trade connected agricultural production with skilled urban work and overseas markets.
A trader who buys and sells goods to make a profit, sometimes organising their transport between countries.