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What caused the Renaissance to arrive in Italy first? *

A. Italians tended to be less religious than other Europeans, even during the Middle Ages.
B. Most of the books by the ancient philosophers had been stored in a library in Italy, so Italians were the first to rediscover them.
C. Italy had fertile soil, so it was easy for ideas to blossom there, like flowers.
D. Italy had a lot of port cities, so new ideas sailed in from all over the world.

During the industrial revolution, many governmentsadopted an economic system called capitalism. in thissystem, governments allowed businesses to operate asfreely as possible, capitalism led to economic growth inmany countries and a small number of peoplebecome very wealthy. however the system could be harshfor poor workers, who often worked long hours in unsafeconditions just to make enough money to eat. as a result,some workers turned against capitalism and demandedthat their governments take more control over theireconomies.which statement best describes the passages main idea? a. capitalism was beneficial for some people during the industrialrevolution, but others opposed the system.b. capitalism was mostly a cause of problems during the industrialrevolution, which led to its eventual collapse.c. capitalism became the favored economic system for manycountries during the industrial revolution.d. capitalism was to countries during the industrialrevolution, but became a problem after the revolution ended.edit: correct answer is a