Which of the following best illustrates how some Europeans used the headright system to their advantage?
They used the headright system to capture, buy, and sell African slaves.
They used the headright system to entice indentured servants to work the land.
They sent indentured servants to the New World and collected the headright for each servant.
They developed new laws related to the headright system that allowed them more land.

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Which of the following best illustrates how some Europeans used the headright system to their advantage?
They used the headright system to capture, buy, and sell African slaves.
They used the headright system to entice indentured servants to work the land.
They sent indentured servants to the New World and collected the headright for each servant.
They developed new laws related to the headright system that allowed them more land.

@Adamlevine1986
@paki

anonymous · Answer

If I do recall, the system was to increase settlers and to make attractions so people would come to their colony to find labor. B looks like the best answer.