You are an indentured servant living in the Virginia colony in 1650. Describe your background, current conditions, and future prospects
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Indentured servants were enticed to Virginia by free passage as well as the promise of free land in return for seven years of labor. To Englishmen from the lower classes, the offer seemed irresistible. Life for indentured servants was difficult, filled with disease and a brutal work routine. Only about one in 20 realized the dream of achieving freedom and acquiring land. For a woman, the best "escape" was marriage to a free man who might purchase her indenture.
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The rapid growth of the Northwest and Southwest led to which of the following in the first few years after the War of 1812?
A. a rapid reduction in the political popularity of slavery in the South B. the breakout of two major wars between federal forces and united Indian tribes C. the admission of four new states to the Union D. the development of a new western-expansion political party that pushed for secession from the United States E. the establishment of two large territories in the West with provincial governments