The headright system in Jamestown, established in the early 1600s, incentivized the settlement of Virginia by granting land to individuals who paid for their own or others' passage to the colony. Each person transported earned the investor 50 acres of land, leading to the rapid expansion of tobacco plantations. This system encouraged Immigration and contributed to the growth of a labor-intensive economy, ultimately paving the way for the use of indentured servants and, later, enslaved Africans to meet labor demands.
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