Why might the English government have agreed to send debtors to the New World?

The 3rd one

Explanation:

A. It's the complete opposite of what the article is about

B. This might be a trick question, but it's not England who needs workers, it's the colonies.

C. This is correct because it states that the colonies themselves needed workers from jails to make the economy better but this did not work out.

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