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☆☆☆☆☆The original purpose of the Jamestown colony was to make money for the Virginia Company.
A Promise To Give Land to People Who Settled In Virginia
The Headright System, introduced in Virginia, gave each head of household the right to fifty acres of land for himself and fifty additional acres for each adult family member of servant that he brought to America.
The four square kilometers of land was given to anyone who was accepted to cross the Atlantic Ocean to help populate the colonies.
Primary sources (in history) are things such as documents produced at the time. A secondary source is something written later by a historian.
Good examples of primary source documents are legal notices, letters, diaries, newspapers, maps, flags, important documents, clothes, and even furniture.
Diseases
The Headright system began in the US state of Virginia.
The Headright system tried to solve the labor shortage problem. It was also a way to attract new colonists. Immigrant colonists were given one headright and could receive one more for each passage they paid for an additional immigrant.
The Headright system also led to too much distribution of land, increasing the tension between the Native Americans and the colonists. It also let to the increase of indentured servitude and slavery.
The death of many servants
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They had few rights under their contract.
Once the servant worked for the full length of their contract.
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