Question

Some of the labor needs, especially in Virginia, were met by Indentured servants, who were often poor persons from __________________, _______________, and ________________ who agreed to work on plantations for a period of time in return for their passage from Europe or relief from debts.

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is : England, Ireland and Scotland.

Explanation: The growth of the agricultural economy was based on plantations in the hot and humid lowlands of the colonies of the southern colonies and for this cheap and large-scale labor was needed. Some poor immigrants agreed to work as servants in tobacco plantations for a period of time to pay for the passage to the New World.