Which One of the Following Is True of Poverty in Seventeenth-Century

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is true of poverty in seventeenth-century Great Britain?

• A) About half of the population lived at or below the poverty line by the end of the seventeenth century.
• B) The problem was so bad that Henry VIII authorized judges to order the jobless to work.
• C) Poverty rates were worse in British colonies than in the mother country.
• D) John Winthrop solved the problem by creating the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• E) Queen Mary's failure to address the problem helped lead to her overthrow.

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