Multiple Choice
Why did Maryland and Virginia develop and employ the "headright" system?
A) They needed a means to legally use Indians as forced labor.
B) They believed that giving land to indentured servants would entice them to come to the New World.
C) They thought that giving land to those who paid the passage of potential servants to America would help solve their labor needs.
D) They wanted a law to discourage the importation of indentured servants to America.
E) They hoped to insure that eldest sons would inherit their father's land.
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