While I cannot speak for your choice, I would definitely have to pick Pennsylvania. William Penn took steps to ensure peace with the area Indians by fairly buying their land. This ensured a fairly tranquil colony, unlike Virginia and Massachusetts. The farm land in Pennsylvania is also more fertile and the growing season is longer than in Massachusetts. Pennsylvania was known for its religious toleration—the colony is so tolerant that it is a haven for German Protestants as well as Quakers. The colony would be one of the fastest growing colonies in the New World in terms of agriculture, population, and industry; this means that I have numerous opportunities once my period of indentured servitude is over. Finally, Pennsylvania does not have the malaria problems of Virginia and Maryland. While the region would be hit with a yellow fever outbreak soon after the Revolutionary War, it was nothing compared to how disease ravaged the white population of Virginia and Maryland during the period that indentured servitude was popular.
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