Under the headright system in Virginia, ________
A) every adult male could vote
B) every child was guaranteed a primary education
C) 50 acres were granted for each new settler, free or indentured
D) new immigrants were guaranteed a year’s provisions
E) every new settler was entitled to one slave
Answer: C
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