Which group would have had the most potential to improve their social status in New England?(1 point)

Responses

Indigenous Americans
Indigenous Americans

Indentured servants
Indentured servants

Enslaved Africans
Enslaved Africans

Business owners

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Among the groups listed, **indentured servants** would have had the most potential to improve their social status in New England. Indentured servants typically entered into contracts to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to the New World and, often, the promise of land or money once their service was completed. This system allowed some individuals to gain financial independence and improve their social standing over time.

In contrast, Indigenous Americans faced significant dispossession and marginalization, enslaved Africans had limited opportunities for social mobility due to the constraints of slavery, and business owners, while already in a relatively high social position, had less potential for upward movement compared to indentured servants.