Question

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

Indentured servants
Indentured servants

Enslaved Africans
Enslaved Africans

Business owners
Business owners

Indigenous Americans

Answer 1

In New England, indentured servants would have had the most potential to improve their social status. Unlike enslaved Africans, who were held in lifelong slavery with no prospects for freedom, indentured servants had a contract that allowed them to work for a specified number of years in exchange for passage to America, eventually leading to freedom, land ownership, and better social standing. Business owners already held a higher social status and Indigenous Americans faced significant challenges and restrictions on their status and opportunities within colonial society.