When Richard Hakluyt wrote in his Discourse on Western Planting in 1584 that colonies in America could be used "for the manifold employment of numbers of idle men, and for breading of many sufficient" he was referring implicitly to
a. The impact of the enclosure process and the problem of the "wandering poor"
b. The military value of American colonies in supplying troops to the English army
c. The ability of English colonies to employ native labor in the production of cash crops
d. The willingness of English missionaries to travel to the new world to convert native populations
e. The vast quantities of gold and silver that Virginia had to offer
Answer: a. The impact of the enclosure process and the problem of the "wandering poor"
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