Multiple Choice
The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of
A) giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and
Fifty more for any servants he might bring.
B) "selling" wives to single male settlers.
C) auctioning black slaves to settlers.
D) giving free land to all servants who came to the colony.
E) giving free land in return for five years of military service.
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