USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Such colonists received land grants under the headright system. The headright system grants between 200 and 1, 000 acres of land to the heads of families.

Detailed explanation-2: -The right to receive fifty acres per person, or per head, was called a headright. The practice was continued under the royal government of Virginia after the dissolution of the Virginia Company, and the Privy Council ordered on 22 July 1634 that patents for headrights be issued.

Detailed explanation-3: -Headright practitioners were granted to anyone who would pay for the transportation costs of an indentured laborer. These land grants comprised 50 acres (0.20 km2) for someone newly moving to the area and 100 acres (0.40 km2) for people previously living there.

Detailed explanation-4: -The headright system attracted many new colonists. Colonists who had already been living in Virginia were each given two headrights of 50 acres. Those who in turn paid for a newcomer immigrant to America would subsequently receive one headright each time they paid for the passage of another individual.

Detailed explanation-5: -This system rewarded anyone who conveyed himself, his family or any others to the colonies with 50 acres of land per head. The headright system was first used in Virginia. The Virginia Company had founded Jamestown and received a charter from the English Crown in 1609 granting the company vast stretches of land.