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Colonists who agreed to work for another in return for passage to America were called?
Indentured servants, also known as bondsmen and bondswomen.
What were the people called that worked to pay their way 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.
What caused the number of indentured servant in English colonies to decrease?
Improvments in conditions in Europe
The first Africans who came to America were?
by boats, white people on boats.
How did many poor people from Europe get to the new works?
Many poor people were able to get to the new world from Europe by becoming 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 caused the number of indentured servants in English colonies?
Improvements in conditions in Europe brought about a decrease in people attempting to leave the continent as indentured servants, and with the rise of the African slave trade, the need for indentured white servants that the colonists had to pay and eventually release decreased dramatically.
Some settlers who wanted to go to America were too poor to pay for the voyage therefore many of them became servants?
The term used for such people was indentured servants. Normally when their debts were paid they became free persons.
How did the planters get their indentured servants?
Using the headright system, people in England 100s of acres of land in America by becoming indentured servants for a period of time, usually 7 years. These indentured servants were most often used by the plantation owners in Virginia initially.
What caused the number indentured servants in English colonies to decrease?
Improvements in conditions in Europe brought about a decrease in people attempting to leave the continent as indentured servants, and with the rise of the African slave trade, the need for indentured white servants that the colonists had to pay and eventually release decreased dramatically.
Which people made a contract to work in exchange for transportation to the American colonies?
indentured servants
