Question

How did the headright system encourage colonists to move to Jamestown?
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A. By allowing all citizens to vote in elections
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B. By providing free education to schoolchildren
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C. By allowing people to practice any religion
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D. By giving away free land to settlers

Answer 1

By giving away free land to settlers thus the headright system encourage colonists to move to Jamestown

Explanation:

• The headright system has its origin in the Jamestown of Virginia. Due to this many plantation owners were benefitted.
• Jamestown was in the need of many large numbers of workers for the development of tobacco farming and also the other types of farming.  
• Thus, To attract the workers and their settle down, they decided to offer the land for the workers who came there in the seek of employment to cultivate the crops and other things.
• The workers who came with the potentiality of farming with the new way of tools which make them, easier for cultivation thus for their cultivation they were given 50 acres of land for cultivation.