APUSH 2.6

A person who has contracted to work for a limited period, often in return for travel expenses, shelter, or sustenance

• Mercantilism

• Proprietary Colony

• Debtor

• Indentured Servant

a land grant program designed to attract settlers throughout the colonies offering 50 acres of land to settlers who would come and work the land

• headright

• charter

• homestead

• land grant

The demand for African slave labor increased in the British colonies for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• reduced migration of indentured servants

• drop in tobacco prices

• British laws outlawing slave trade

• high death rate among Native Americans

Laws passed by colonies in regards to slaves generally

• outlawed slavery

• restricted the lives of slaves

• encouraged literacy among slaves

• encouraged interactions among slaves and free persons