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Money is the root of all evil.\u00a0 In the chapters \u201cPersons of Mean and Vile Condition\u201d and \u201cTyranny is Tyranny,\u201d\u00a0 I feel that economic issues ultimately started the many atrocities of this time period.\u00a0 Indentured servitude ultimately stemmed from the rich getting richer, and the gap between the rich and poor grew drastically.\u00a0 After reading these chapters I would argue that America’s horrible past can be attributed primarily to the American Elite. The American Elite did so much to try to tarnish the relationship between the poor whites and the black and the indigenous people. The American Elite set laws into place that prevented interracial sex and prohibited white business owners from hiring black people for skilled labor.\u00a0 The American Revolution seems to have been a way for the American Elite to avoid a rebellion and keep their economic status.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Economic divide has always been a problem in America.\u00a0 I believe the indentured servitude has connections to the economic system in America today.\u00a0 Minimum wage is sub eight dollars in many states including my home state of Pennsylvania.\u00a0 This is not a wage that can support a person in America, let alone a family of five.\u00a0 We can see how wrong it was to have indentured servants, yet people work twelve hours a day at a minimum wage job, and they can barely support themselves.\u00a0 Times have obviously changed greatly, and a minimum wage worker still has life way better off than an indentured servant, but the premise of the argument still stands.\u00a0 There is so much to be learned from the development of early America, and I feel like more can be done to increase the standard of living for all people. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Money is the root of all evil.\u00a0 In the chapters \u201cPersons of Mean and Vile Condition\u201d and \u201cTyranny is Tyranny,\u201d\u00a0 I feel that economic…<\/p>\n