inEnglAnD During thE miD-1600s, A group oFEnglish FArmErs lED By gErrArD winstAnlEy unitED to Form An orgAnizAtion known As thE truE lEvElErs. thEir stAtED goAl wAs to ChAngE thE lAws rEgArDing EstAtE AnD ownABlE propErty so thAt All willing CitizEns woulD BE ABlE to support thEmsElvEs through FArming.At thE timE inEnglAnD, thErE wAs grEAt soCiAl unrEst AnD FooD priCEs wErE vEry high. most oF thE lAnD throughout thE Country wAs striCtly DiviDED AnD ControllED By A smAll numBEr oF thE ElitE ruling ClAss. thE truE lEvElErs BEliEvED thAt thEy CoulD "lEvEl" thE DiFFErEnt ClAssEs oF soCiEty By CrEAting CommunitiEs in whiCh thE FArmABlE privAtE lAnD wAs ownED By All AnD AvAilABlE For AgrAriAn purposEs. to Fight thE unEquAl systEm thAt only BEnEFitED thE wEAlthy lAnDownErs, thE truE lEvElErs DEFiAntly oCCupiED~ privAtE AnD puBliC lAnD AnD BEgAn FArming.
BECAusE muCh oF FArming involvEs plowing AnD plAnting, thEsE groups oF CommunAl FArmErs BECAmE BEttEr known By thE nAmEDiggErs. thEir hopE wAs thAt thEir ACt oF rEBEllion woulD stir thE sympAthiEs oF thE othEr poor pEoplE throughout thE Country. thEDiggEr philosophy wAs to unitE All thE poor AnD working ClAssEs BEhinD thE iDEA thAt thE lAnD shoulD BE shArED、iF thousAnDs oF CommonEnglish Folk BEgAn to ClAim rEAsonABlE ACCEss to thE lAnD, thE powErFul lAnDownErs woulD BE unABlE to stop thEm. in prACtiCE For A BriEF timE,DiggEr CommunitiEs FlourishED As thEy wElComED AnyonE who wishED to mErEly grow thEir own FooD AnD livE FrEEly.
sADly, thE lAnDownErs BEliEvED thEDiggErs wErE A thrEAt AnD BEgAn to tAkE stEps to prEsErvE thEir Control ovEr thE FArmABlE lAnD、mAny mEmBErs oF thEDiggEr CommunitiEs wErE hArAssED, thrEAtEnED, AnD jAilED、plAnting vEgEtABlEs wAs viEwED As A rEBEllious ACt AnD DEAlt with As iF it wErE A CrimE. thE mAjority oF lAnD rEvErtED BACk into thE hAnDs oF lAnDownErs. ultimAtEly, most oF thEDiggEr CommunitiEs thAt hAD BriEFly thrivED wErE DisBAnDED、in thEir plACE, othEr politiCAl groups ArosE AnD ContinuED to protEst thE vArious injustiCEs oF thE timE. thEDiggEr nAmE ContinuEs to thE prEsEnt DAy in somEEnglish Folk songs As A rEminDEr oF thEir iDEAls.
thE pAssAgE is primArily ABout ______.
A、working hArD EvEn in ChAllEnging timEs
B、soCiAl proBlEms inEnglAnD in thE sEvEntEEnth CEntury
C、thE inhumAnity oF wEAlthyEnglish lAnDownErs
D、thE BriEF history oF AnEnglish Community orgAnizAtion