Stimulus Based Multi
Base your answers to questions 1 through 3 on
the passage below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
THIS Indenture Witnesseth, that John Reid of
freedhold in the County of Monnmouth Jersey by
and with the Consent of his father John Riad of Said
place hath put himself, and by these Presents doth
voluntarily, and of his own free Will and Accord
put himself an Apprentice to Robert Livingston
Junior of New York with him to live, and (after the
Manner of an Apprentice) to Serve from the first
Day of November: Anno Domini, One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Forty two till the full Term of
five years be complete and ended. During all which
Term the said Apprentice his said Master faithfully
shall serve, his Secrets keep, his lawful Commands
gladly every where obey.
Source: John Reid, contract, 1742
1 This contract is an example of
(1) mercantilism
(2) indentured servitude
(3) early colonial democracy
(4) salutary neglect
2 What is the primary motivation for the labor
system described in this document?
(1) a desire for a cheap and renewable labor
source
(2) the establishment of the mercantile system
by Parliament
(3) a reduction in the availability of Chinese
labor
(4) the onset of the American Revolution
3 The labor system described in this document
was eventually replaced with
(1) convict labor
(2) mercenaries from Germany
(3) members of the planter class
(4) enslaved people from Africa
