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The contract of work in exchange for passage to America was known as indentured servitude. A person signed a paper agreeing to work for someone a certain number of years in exchange for a ticket to the New World.
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During the 1970s the new right successfully defeated passage of the?
Contract with America
Who worked to pay their passage to America?
Indentured servants.
Which signers of the Declaration of Independence were indentured servants?
George Taylor came to America as an indentured servant and signed the declaration.Answernone. indentured servants were considered low people because they were all poorHe had to work to pay for his passage to America.
When was the first written contract?
First written contract in English made on the Mayflower in North America.
This was the republican 104th congress program to eliminate government waste?
The Contract with America was the Republican 104th Congress program to eliminate government waste.
Who were the workers who signed a contract to work for room and board only for up to seven years in order to pay for their passage to America?
indentured servants
What is the term for a contract in which a person agrees to work for an employer for a specific period of time?
The contract is the indenture servant program. The indenture servant would sign a contract for passage to America, In return, the indenture would work for seven years to the person or company to pay the debt.
During the 1970s the new right successfully defeated passage of the?
Contract with America
What is the term used to describe individuals working under a form of contract labor that provided them with free passage to America in return for a promise to work for a fixed period?
Indentured survants
How did an indutured servant benefit the employer?
They signed a contract to work for 7 years for passage to the colonies.
What legislation made it possible for immigrants to have money deducted from wages to pay off passage to America?
The Contract Labor Act
English folk who agreed to sign a contract temporarily exchanging their labor for payment of their passage to America were called?
indentured servants
Who were servants that signed a contract to work for 4 to 7 years for those who paid their journey to America?
Those who have contracted themselves to work for seven years in exchange for having their passage paid to reach America are called indentured servants. They often had to work for 7 or more years.
What is an indenture servant?
People who had a contract to work in exchange for transportation and expenses (apex)
What was a person called that signed a contract with a master to work for 3-7 years for a passage to a new world?
indentured servant
Which group agreed to work for 4-7 years in exchange for their passage to America?
quakers
What is the name for a person who made a contract to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to the New World and a place?
An indentured servant
