Question

the charts below show the labor status of people who arrived in the british colonies during two different time periods. look at the charts. then follow the instructions below.
people who came to the british colonies, 1607 - 1775
1607 - 1699 1700 - 1775
(legend: enslaved people, convicts and prisoners, indentured servants, free people)
source data: aaron s. fogleman, copyright 1998.
click to correct any errors in the text.
before 1700, approximately half of the people who arrived in the colonies were free people. after 1700, nearly half of the people who arrived in the colonies were enslaved people.

Explanation:

1. For the first statement ("Before 1700, approximately half of the people who arrived in the colonies were free people"): Looking at the 1607 - 1699 pie chart, the "Indentured servants" (purple) segment is the largest, not the "Free people" (orange). The "Free people" segment is about a third or less, while "Indentured servants" is about half. So the error is "free people" and it should be "indentured servants".
2. For the second statement ("After 1700, nearly half of the people who arrived in the colonies were enslaved people"): Looking at the 1700 - 1775 pie chart, the "Enslaved people" (blue) segment is more than half (a majority), not nearly half. So the error is "nearly half" and it should be "a majority" (or "more than half"). But if we follow the original structure, for the first correction: change "free people" to "indentured servants". For the second correction: change "nearly half" to "a majority" (or more accurately, looking at the chart, the enslaved people segment in 1700 - 1775 is clearly more than half, so "nearly half" is wrong; it should be "more than half" or "a majority"). But let's focus on the first part first. The first sentence's error: in 1607 - 1699, the largest segment is indentured servants (purple), not free people (orange). So "free people" should be "indentured servants". The second sentence: in 1700 - 1775, the enslaved people segment is more than half, so "nearly half" is incorrect; it should be "more than half" (or "a majority").

Answer:

1. Correct the first sentence: "Before 1700, approximately half of the people who arrived in the colonies were indentured servants."
2. Correct the second sentence: "After 1700, more than half of the people who arrived in the colonies were enslaved people." (Or "a majority" instead of "more than half".)