Puritans in Early America?

Question

Puritans encouraged the widespread ownership of land by:

A) granting land according to wealth.

B) having proprietors divide the land among themselves.

C) dividing townships equally among settlers.

D) having the General Court divide land according to need.

- timeframe: Early America, around the 1600 and 1700s

Answer 1

what is your question

well then, all of the above

Answer 2

In Massachusetts the earliest distribution of land was handled by the General Court (legislature) in the form of land grants. There were different reasons for the grants, some political or as a reward for military service. Basically, land was the primary means the colony had for paying debts and rewarding services, so “according to need” (D) seems somewhat simplistic, but comes closer than the other options.