Which one of the following is TRUE of poverty in seventeenth-century Great Britain?
A) The unemployed sometimes faced physical punishment for not having a job.
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.
Answer: A) The unemployed sometimes faced physical punishment for not having a job
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