Who were the "strolling poor" and what problems increased their numbers? How did the rising number of the poor impact colonial society?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- "Strolling poor": homeless people who traveled from town to town looking for work or handouts; most common in New England
- Problems that increased their numbers: growing social inequality where the elites held a majority of financial assets; lack of available land and rising land prices; smaller parcels of land; soil exhaustion
- Impact: Urban centers spent large amounts of money on relief to the poor; many were required to wear a large red "P" in Boston as identification; people moved further west in search of cheap land
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