Question

chapter 4 clickbook
primary source analysis
question # 8
read the excerpt from the charter of 1732 and answer the question.
which answer is not a problem that the poor subjects of great britain face according to the excerpt?
a could not “strengthen our colonies”
b “misfortunes”
c “want of employment”
“whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in america where by cultivating the lands, at

Explanation:

The excerpt mentions misfortunes and want of employment as problems for the poor subjects. Strengthening colonies is not a problem for the poor subjects themselves but rather a goal for the nation - state.

Answer:

A. could not "strengthen our colonies"