The Statute of Laborers attempted to
A)force all workers to stay in their chosen profession.
B)limit wages to pre-plague levels.
C)fix prices at artificially low levels.
D)improve the lot of England's working poor.
E)expand the number of people who could vote.

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The Statute of Laborers, enacted in 1351, aimed to limit wages to pre-plague levels in response to labor shortages and rising wages following the Black Death.

The Statute of Laborers Attempted to