In his book, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn cites examples from US colonial history of the gap between rich and poor in colonial life.
A key study cited by Zinn examined tax registers from Boston, showing that the top 1% of the population held 25% of the wealth in 1687, and that by 1770, the top 1% of property owners in Boston owned 44% of the wealth. The study also noted that the bulk of Boston's population were not property owners. The percentage of adult males in Boston who owned no property doubled between 1687 and 1770 (from 14% to 29%).
Zinn cited additional items, regarding overcrowding of poorhouses (giving a notable example from New York) and a general increase throughout the colonies of the "wandering poor" who had no real means of support. He also cited examples of workers' strikes against employers in the colonies because of low wages.
Answer:
The answer is letter b. about 2,200 years ago
Explanation:
Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a mathematician, grammarian, poet, geographer, librarian and astronomer from Ancient Greece, known for calculating the circumference of the Earth in 200 BC. He was born in Cyrene, in Africa, and died in Alexandria. He studied at Cyrene, Athens and Alexandria. The contemporaries called it "Beta" because they considered it the second best in the world in several aspects.
The enlightenment was a group of people who believed in science above all and explains all.
