American Pageant Chapter 4 IDs

Chapter four Ids
Indentured Servitude
1. System in which people paid for their transportation to America by pledging to perform a certain number of years service for the landowner
2. Created to help solve the labor shortage in Virginia
3. Many people were left unemployed and jobless after their time of servitude was over
Historical Significance: Indentured Servitude helped solve some labor shortage problems and also helped increase the population in the colonies.
Headright System
1. One headright was equal to fifty acres of land
2. One headright was given to those who would pay for the p…