2 Why did the Virginia Company encourage people to settle in the American colonies?

A to build up defenses against Native
Americans

B to establish a thriving fishing industry

C to create a new nation

D to farm tobacco

Explanation: (The Virginia Company of London was a joint-stock company chartered by King James I in 1606 to establish a colony in North America. Such a venture allowed the Crown to reap the benefits of colonization—natural resources, new markets for English goods, leverage against the Spanish—without bearing the costs).                                                                              (The Virginia Company was in search of economic opportunity. They expected to profit from mineral wealth such as gold and iron ore, timber and wood products and other natural resources. They also hoped to find a Northwest Passage or sail- ing route to the Orient for trade.)

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