nov 1, 1624 - VA first royal colony

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Initially single people coming over, made families later
Plantation colonies - primarily tobacco

Primogeniture - firstborn gets all the land

Royalty: 2%
Middle Class: 18%
Lower Class: 80%

Virginia Stock company owned Virginia colony

Later formed the House of Burgesses: first legislative and democratic government in America

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