How did the Virginia Company encourage settlers to move to the colony?
a. It arranged marriages with local groups of Indians.
b. It promised settlers peaceful relations with neighboring Indians.
c. It guaranteed settlers access to the colony's newly discovered gold mines.
d. It granted fifty acres of land to anyone who brought in a new settler.
ANSWER: d
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