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indentured servants
many poor europeans paid for their passage to america by becoming indentured servants. they signed a document called the indenture, which committed them to work for the person who paid their passage for a period of time-usually seven years. indentured servants could be severely punished for breaking their contracts. at the end of the agreed-upon time period, they received land or money to help them start their lives in freedom.
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george washington
the most revered person in america. when john adams took office in march 1797, washington was relieved that he could finally leave public life. in his farewell address in september 1796, he left the american people with two warnings: to be careful of the "continual mischiefs of party politics, and to "steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."