The purpose of new English companies to finance New World settlements was to ________

A) compete for large capital investment
B) promise immense wealth to investors
C) encourage "limited liability" for the investors
D) finance the expense of gaining a royal charter
E) get around religious restrictions on investment profits


Answer: C

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