Thus, many people who had lived and worked in the countryside suddenly found themselves without any means of livelihood and, in many cases, evicted from their homes. In earlier times, the church, notably the monasteries, had cared for the poor. Under Elizabeth I, the government undertook this job. Thus, the famous Elizabethan Poor Laws, one of the world’s first government-sponsored welfare programs, were brought into practice. This shows why they were poor and had no work and they were killed and thrown in jail because of law and were sick disabled