Radicals' criticism of big landowners and wealthy factory owners was linked with which wider concern?

Correct answer: Unequal distribution of property and power

The governing concept is the radical demand to challenge inherited privilege and concentrated wealth. Big landowners and wealthy factory owners controlled substantial property, influence, and often political access, while workers and poorer citizens had fewer resources and limited representation. Radicals therefore connected economic inequality with political inequality: when wealth was concentrated, power and decision-making were also likely to remain concentrated. Option A is correct because it captures this wider concern about the unequal distribution of both property and power. Option B supports royal authority rather than radical reform. Option C concerns a specific religious tax and does not explain the broader criticism. Option D is authoritarian censorship, not the central democratic and social concern expressed by radicals.