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What best defines an indentured servant?What influenced the idea and growth of colonization in England?

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Answer: An indentured servant is a person who signs a contract (indenture), whether forced to do it or not, whereby he or she agrees to work for another person for a specified time, in exchange for payment of travel expenses, maintenance, clothes, or others benefits, or to meet a legal obligation such as debt bondage

Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.

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