During the Seventeenth Century, Indentured Servitude Solved the Labor Problem

question 3

Multiple Choice

During the seventeenth century, indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons except that  

• A) the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died quickly after contact with whites.
• B) African slaves cost too much money.
• C) in some areas families formed too slowly.
• D) Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.
• E) families procreated too slowly.

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