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English and Dutch merchants created a well-organized system for "redemptioners." What was this system for?
A) for New Englanders to trade molasses for rum with the West Indies
B) for bringing Protestant refugees to North America for a hefty fee
C) for carrying indentured German families to America, where they would work off their transportation debt
D) for unloading the unwanted convicts of London and Amsterdam to ports such as Boston and New York
E) for pirating against Spain and France, their Catholic archenemies
Redemptioners
Indentured families or persons who received passage to the New World in exchange for a promise to work off their debt in America.
Indentured German Families
German immigrants who came to America and worked for a fixed number of years in exchange for their passage, often in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Transportation Debt
The accumulated obligations incurred from funding the development, maintenance, and expansion of transportation infrastructure.
- Investigate the variety of motives and demographic shifts that drove European migration to the American colonies in the 18th century.
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Learning Objectives
- Investigate the variety of motives and demographic shifts that drove European migration to the American colonies in the 18th century.
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