Which prevented many geologists from accepting wegener’s theory of continental drift?
a.
wegener could not explain how similar fossils could be found on different continents.
b.
wegener could not explain how similar geological features could be continued from one continent to another.
c.
wegener could not explain how the continents could move through the seafloor.
d.
wegener could not explain how the continents in the northern hemisphere fit together.

1. international: struggle for hegemony and empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

2. political conflict: conflict between the monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

3. the enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in montequieu’s spirit of the laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in rousseau’s social contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the literary underground of “grub street; ” the broadening influence of public opinion.

4. social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

5. ineffective ruler: louis xvi

6. economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

explanation:

i would have to say the women in the 1700 had the most rights because the men did not car about what they did in there time