Question

base your answers to questions 3 and 4 on the notice below and on your knowledge of social studies.
just arrived,
the justitia, captain kidd,
with about one hundred and thirty healthy
servants,
consisting of men, women, and boys; among whom are
tradesmen, such as carpenters and joiners, bricklayers and plaisteres
plasterers, shoemakers, barbers and hair dressers, several weavers,
cutlers, curriers, and bakers, a tanner, a tailor and staymaker, a
blacksmith, a painter, a printer, a bookbinder, a miller, a stocking weaver,
a schoolmaster, a hatter, a silk dryer, and others. there are also many
farmers, and other country labourers, gentlemen’s servants, etc. etc. the
sale will commence at leeds town, on wednesday the 22d instant (march)
and be continued till all are sold. a reasonable credit will be allowed, the
purchasers giving bond, with approved security, to thomas hodge.
source: virginia gazette, march 18, 1775 (adapted)
3 notices such as this, published in the virginia gazette in 1775, demonstrate that
(1) a skilled labor force was emigrating to british north america
(2) impoverished europeans were being denied entry to america
(3) an extreme shortage of plantation workers existed in the south
(4) northern economies were growing at a faster rate than those in the south
4 based on this notice, what was the main reason immigrants were willing to enter into years of indentured servitude in british north america?
(1) they faced harsh punishments for petty criminal acts.
(2) they believed they could eventually prosper in the colonies.
(3) they could immediately pay off the debt they owed to colonial sponsors.
(4) they were facing severe hardship as a result of the great famine.

Explanation:

Question 3

The notice is about the sale of servants (including skilled tradesmen, laborers, etc.) in colonial America. Option 1: The notice lists many skilled tradesmen (carpenters, weavers, etc.) being sold, showing skilled labor emigrating (as indentured servants) to British North America. Option 2: The notice is about selling servants, not denying entry. Option 3: The sale is in Leeds Town (not southern plantation context here). Option 4: The notice is about a sale in a town, not comparing northern/southern economies. So 1 is correct.

Indentured servitude in colonial America: Immigrants (indentured servants) believed after their term, they could prosper in the colonies (land, opportunities). Option 1: Petty crimes leading to indenture is not the main reason here (notice is about voluntary?/economic indenture). Option 3: They couldn't immediately pay off debt (indenture is to pay off passage, etc., over time). Option 4: Great Famine (Irish) was later, 1775 notice doesn't relate to that. So 2 is correct.

Answer:

(1) a skilled labor force was emigrating to British North America

Question 4