Question

The purpose of the headright system in Georgia was to

Answer 1

grants between 200 and 1,000 acres of land to the heads of families.

Explanation:

Among these laws was a provision that any person who settled in Virginia or paid for the transportation expenses of another person who settled in Virginia should be entitled to receive fifty acres of land for each immigrant. The right to receive fifty acres per person, or per head, was called a headright.