What role did the joint-stock company play in English colonization of America?
a. It provided a crucial means to finance colonizing ventures by pooling investor resources.
b. It allowed debtors to escape jail and become investors in colonial schemes.
c. It channeled royal funds to colonial enterprises.
d. It enabled English colonials to create joint ventures with Indian tribes.
e. It delayed the colonization of America by drawing English investors to domestic rather than overseas ventures.
a
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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