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Jamestown
In 1607 Jamestown was founded by men trying to make money and find gold. -
Tobacco
John Rolfe sent the first 4 barrels of tobacco to England in 1614 and many more $ were to be made from there on. -
Head Right System
In 1618 the Virginia Company hit upon a stratagy called Head Right System which offered fifty acres of land for each person that a settler paid to bring over. -
Slaves and Servants
Indentured Servants first arrived in the decade of the Colonization of Jamestown and the first black americans arrived in 1619. -
Corporations
In 2010 the supreme court reshaped politics which gave corporations and unions the power to spend as much money as they want on political activities as long as it is done independently of a party or canidate