The right answer is the chance to own land. During the early colonization of America, religion was the primary motivation for the founding of several colonies. Subsequently, Voluntary indentured servitude accounted for probably half the white settlers (mostly from England, Ireland, or Germany)during the 17th-century in all the colonies outside New England. The name derived from the indenture, or contract, by which a person promised to work for a fixed number of years in return for transportation to America. After four to seven years, the indenture ended, and the servant claimed the “freedom dues” set by custom and law: money, tools, clothing, food, and occasionally small tracts of land. Throughout the nineteenth century, land and jobs in America were plentiful. The United States thus remained a strong magnet for immigrants, offering them chances to take up farming or urban employment.
