<span>Couldn't
provide for the family, or himself. Couldn't prevent his wife or
children from being sold, couldn't stop the slave master from beating
his son or raping his daughter</span>
Answer:
Decentralized
Explanation:
If I were to settle in a decentralized state, then the power wouldn't be consolidated in a single entity. This means I am less likely to have to pay a "Royal Tax" and if I'm lucky since I can read and write and have a modern education I could become a page in the local nobleman's court or perhaps join a monastery and work there. It would be a simple life but I doubt it would bring any unwanted attention which would be bad since I could be a "Witch" or "Devil" or something and be burned at the stake.
They went to war with France because they feared the spread of revolutionary ideas of equality.
