... the French population in the 1680's and the 1690's (LN 1/13/03). The French demand for herring allowed the Dutch to become very profitable using a capitalist system, because they were selling the herring at a higher price than they paid to harvest the herring (LN 1/13/03). Part II. In the 17th century, both the Netherlands and France witnessed a slow demographic growth. Though there were extremely different reasons for this slow population growth, these countries both grew none or little over this time (1/13/03). The French had a high birth rate, but this was counteracted with their high death rate. The Dutch, however, who lived in the Netherlands, welcomed this slow rate of population growth (1/13/03). Slow population growth is a sign of modernity for the Dutch and pre-modernity for the people of France. The maximum number of children that a French couple could have was seven, which many had (LN 1/13/03). With ...

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