A source written during the time period
<span>Settlers were dependent on Native Americans for survival in the wilderness beyond the settlement.</span>
Answer:
The correct answers are (a) by lowering land taxes and (c) by dividing large land estates among the poor.
Explanation:
Hongwu was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China and during his reign he improved the life of peasants because he himself knew what it meant to be a peasant. He lowered land taxes, increased the food supply for peasants, divided large estates among the poor, and helped maintain the Yellow and Yangtze rivers through irrigation.
