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If you lived in the middle 17th century and wanted to come to America would you want to be an indentured servant why or why not?
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System that allowed workers to move to the colonies by paying their passage in return for a promise to work?
The Headright System! Indentured Servitude
How can you best describe the Middle colonies by the beginning of the 18th century?
[please refer to discussion for options] the correct answer is ---> The production of staple crops by indentured servants or enslaved Africans drove the region's economy.
Why did middle colonies depend more on indentured servants than slave for labor?
Morality aside, indentured servants made more sense economically than a slave.You could easily buy a fully trained slave, but the slave was usually quite expensive. If you bought an untrained slave or one was born to your existing slave you had put the slave through a training period. During that time you got no work, and possibly some damages made by an inexperienced worker.There were laws regulating the treatment of the slave, and once the slave was too old to work, or too feeble the owner had to feed and clothe that slave for life. By the same token, if you had dangerous work required, and the slave was hurt you had to care for him or her.Slaves were forbidden by law and custom to be taught to read and write therefore they couldn't work as clerks or assist with any business transactions.An indentured servant typically brought existing skills needed by the "employer." Although the servant may have had meals and clothing provided, it wasn't necessarily required. It all depended on the contract. The person taking the indentured servant could specify what he was looking for, and get it on his terms. Once the indenture was over, obligation was over.Lastly, the middle colonies socially were more "do it yourselfers," religious and cultural norms meant that they typically wanted to work and do for themselves. If you were starting a farm or business you may need some help to start but once the operation was going, they wanted to do it themselves.
Was there black slavery in the 20th century?
yes. there was in the United States of America There has been no institutional slavery in the US since the civil war which was the middle of the 19th century...there was and still is slavery of all kinds in Africa and many Asian countries.
What products did the middle colonies receive in the 17th century?
The middle colonies wold receive tobacco and fir.
Why would an indentured servant prefer to go to the middle colonies in America?
Availability of good farmland
Why would an indentured servant prefer the middle colonies in America?
because they could be bouht and sold.
What was the colonial class system?
upper class, middle class, and middle class
Which of these would have been MOST likely to be a significant part of the Middle colonies' economy in 17th century North America?
Shipbuilding was a significant part of the Middle colonies' economy in 17th century North America.
In the late nineteenth century America cities lived in?
In the late nineteenth century America cities: The middle and upper classes lived in the newer suburbs
In large part who filled the growing labor needs of the economy of the middle colonies?
Indentured Servants. :)
Latin america?
Many colonies in Latin America began striving for independence from Spain and Portugal in the early 19th century. By the middle of the century most of the countries were free.
Latin America independence?
Many colonies in Latin America began striving for independence from Spain and Portugal in the early 19th century. By the middle of the century most of the countries were free.
Who filled the labor needs of the middle colonies?
Indentured Servants
Do the middle colonies have indentured servants?
yes they do in fact they have slavery
In the late nineteenth century America cities?
The middle and upper classes lived in the newer suburbs.
Did the middle colonies indentured servants?
Yes they did Though indentured servitude was more common, slave numbers grew significantly in the eighteenth century. By the mid-eighteenth century, slaves comprised twelve percent of the population of New York though the Quakers attempted to pass statutes forbidding the slave trade in 1688, 1693, and 1696, the British Parliament overruled these laws in 1712.
