What Is the Significance of Joint Stock Companies for English

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of joint stock companies for English colonization?

• A) They owned ships and profited from the cost of passage to the New World.
• B) They were able to amass the large sums of money needed to establish colonies in the New World.
• C) Working-class people could own stock in these companies and therefore share in the investment potential of the New World.
• D) They were funded by the crown and enabled the establishment of royal colonies.
• E) They exported products to be sold to colonists in the New World and imported colonial goods back to England.

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