The Virginia Company developed the "headright" system to
A) attract new settlers to the colony.
B) discourage poor people from moving to the colony.
C) require families to migrate together.
D) raise revenue from the sale of land.
E) cause conflict among the neighboring Indian tribes.

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The headright system was a land distribution policy that granted 50 acres of land to each person who paid for their passage to Virginia or who brought a new settler to the colony. This was developed to encourage new settlers to migrate to Virginia and populate the colony.

The Virginia Company Developed the "Headright" System to