1. The indentures system can be placed between chattel slavery and free labor in colonial America. What would have been different had slavery been banned in colonial America and employers had substituted indentured labor for slave labor? Some aspects you can consider are the level of wages, regional development in the South vs. the North, the use of indentured workers in manufacturing, and the implication for immigration flows of free labor.

2. What would have happened economically to the 13 colonies had the Revolutionary War never happened and the 13 colonies remained British? Would that have been a better or a worse outcome economically?

The answer will revolve around the benefits and costs of colonial administration versus local American administration as well as the benefits of economic integration with a larger polity. You can think about Canada in your answer, though there is one major institution that was very different in the U.S. South that made Canada different.