Multiple Choice
Why were people who had jobs in the colonies living in poverty?
A) Wages were high enough but the prices for goods and services were also extremely high.
B) Poorhouses provided better conditions to live in than people could buy with the wages they earned so people did not work.
C) Colonists were required to work on "poor farms" to feed the poor of the colony, thus cutting down on the time they could work at paying jobs.
D) Due to influxes of new immigrants, the competition for jobs allowed employers to keep wages low.
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