What is the name of the plan that aimed to redistribute land to prevent concentration of land and power, ensuring broadly shared political and economic power?

What is the name of the plan that aimed to redistribute land to prevent concentration of land and power, ensuring broadly shared political and economic power?

• A. The Slavery Issue
• B. Paine's Common Sense
• C. Agrarian Law
• D. Declaration of Independence

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is the belief that broad land ownership prevents the concentration of land and power, so a plan to redistribute land would create broadly shared political and economic power. The term that matches this is Agrarian Law, a policy proposal aimed at breaking up large estates and distributing land to ordinary citizens or small farmers. Proponents argued that widespread landowning would sustain republican virtue and political equality, because those with a stake in the land would have a strong interest in preserving liberty and preventing an aristocratic class from dominating government. In short, Agrarian Law embodies the aim of making land ownership—and the political influence that comes with it—more widely shared. The other options don’t fit because they address different issues or documents: the Slavery Issue centers on the institution of slavery; Paine's Common Sense argues for independence and republican government but not land redistribution; the Declaration of Independence proclaims independence and foundational rights, not a policy to redistribute land.

The idea being tested is the belief that broad land ownership prevents the concentration of land and power, so a plan to redistribute land would create broadly shared political and economic power. The term that matches this is Agrarian Law, a policy proposal aimed at breaking up large estates and distributing land to ordinary citizens or small farmers. Proponents argued that widespread landowning would sustain republican virtue and political equality, because those with a stake in the land would have a strong interest in preserving liberty and preventing an aristocratic class from dominating government. In short, Agrarian Law embodies the aim of making land ownership—and the political influence that comes with it—more widely shared.

The other options don’t fit because they address different issues or documents: the Slavery Issue centers on the institution of slavery; Paine's Common Sense argues for independence and republican government but not land redistribution; the Declaration of Independence proclaims independence and foundational rights, not a policy to redistribute land.