Because of their constant westward migration.
To have political rights in Virginia you would have to be male, own land, and be over 17
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The colonists at Massachusetts bay fared better at the beginning than the colonists at Virginia because they were much more prepared for winter. The Virginia colonists had not prepared to stay for a long period of time.
The Charter of 1606 is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company. It gave land rights to colonists for the sole purpose of propagating the Christian religion.
Because with out land men could not vote, without land they had to either work for wealthy farmers or move to inland to find land.The struggle for rich farmland affected the colonists in Virginia because if you didn't own a piece of land, you lost the right to vote. Also, without the land, they were unable to plant your own crops, and you would be forced to move on to a wealthy landowner's farm and work for them.
Because with out land men could not vote, without land they had to either work for wealthy farmers or move to inland to find land.The struggle for rich farmland affected the colonists in Virginia because if you didn't own a piece of land, you lost the right to vote. Also, without the land, they were unable to plant your own crops, and you would be forced to move on to a wealthy landowner's farm and work for them.
the system was called the headright system.
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The colonists at Massachusetts bay fared better at the beginning than the colonists at Virginia because they were much more prepared for winter. The Virginia colonists had not prepared to stay for a long period of time.
John Rolfe changed the Virginia colony, by developing a high-grade tobacco that the clonists learned to grow, it became very popular in England. The colonists which are The Virginia Company's employees wanted a share of the profits. So the company responded by letting settlers own land and the settlers worked harder when the land was their own.