Jamestown was the first chartered colony established by the Virginia Company of London. If you were young and found yourself working there, either searching for precious metals or toiling in the fields, what is the most likely reason you ended up there?

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Indentured servitude was a common practice in the early 17th century, where young people from England were brought to colonies like Jamestown to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage, room, and board.

Jamestown Was the First Chartered Colony Established by the Virginia