Why Did Apprenticeship and Indentured Servitude Decline After the Revolution

question 45

Multiple Choice

Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

• A) King George III had supported them, and anything associated with the king was unpopular in the United States.
• B) Many apprentices and indentures had refused to fight in the Revolution, and their bosses, resenting them for it, got rid of them.
• C) Thomas Paine's criticism of them in Common Sense greatly influenced the many who had read his pamphlet.
• D) The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of Americans as incompatible with republican citizenship.

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