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jan 1, 1606 - Joint-Stock Companies Invented

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Investors could pay money for equity in the company and/or its profits; technically, the investors owned the company. The Virginia Company was the first joint-stock company. They established settlements and colonized the east coast of America. Most revenue was through tobacco.

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