which of the following was a difficulty faced by the ottoman empire in the 1700s and 1800s?           a. financial independence   b. rebelling ethnic groups   c. refusal to trade with other nations   d. lack of trained artisans  

A. Financial independence  
Due to the lack of expansion the ottoman empire lacked the power to keep growing its economy, also the increase tax collecting to be able to keep the empire running and diminished power of trading caused the people to be discontent with the ruling by the sultan since people where starting to feel and economic strain