Weegy: La Salle was the French explorer sailed down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
User: The headright system encouraged the growth of plantations in Virginia by
establishing a race-based slave system that provided plantation labor.
giving land to colonists who paid for servants or enslaved people to come to Virginia.
giving food, lodging, and employment to people who came to Virginia to work as servants.
allowing proprietors to establish laws for the colony and make a profit from the colony.
Weegy: The headright system encouraged the growth of plantations in Virginia by: giving land to colonists who paid for servants or enslaved people to come to Virginia.
User: In 1606, money to establish the colony of Jamestown was raised by
forming the Virginia Company.
forcing colonists to work.
hunting and selling livestock.
raising taxes on Roanoke colonists.
Weegy: In 1606, money to establish the colony of Jamestown was raised by forming the Virginia Company.
User: Why did the Pilgrims and the Puritans establish colonies in the New World?
to follow Separatist beliefs
to benefit the Church of England
to practice their religions freely
to avoid an impending religious war
Weegy: Both Pilgrims and Puritans established New World colonies to practice their religions freely.
User: Farming in the early New England colonies was challenging because
English laws restricted which crops farmers could plant.
unfamiliar weather and soil conditions affected cultivation.
foreign plants soon grew out of control in the American soil.
English investors promoted manufacturing over farming.
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