Question

Why was indentured servitude introduced in the colonies? A. Local laborers were unreliable. B. It was a cost-effective way of hiring labor to work on large plantations. C. Indentured servants were highly skilled in cultivating cash crops such as tobacco. D. The colonists wanted to display the power of their wealth and status.

Answer 1

B. It was a cost-effective way of hiring labor to work on large plantations.

Step-by-step explanation:

Basically, the new settlers had lots of land, more land then they could even handle. They didn't really have lots of money to pay for labor and they really just needed price- adjusted labor, because nobody was there to work on it.