How did different people contribute to the development of a permanent settlement in Virginia?
A. Settlers signed royal charters to become indentured servants, and then they formed companies to develop the colonies.
B. English rulers issued royal charters to explorers and companies, and then settlers followed to build homes, farms, and governments.
C. English rulers formed representative governments in North America and signed royal charters with companies to protect settlers from American Indians.
D. Settlers signed royal charters with North American Indian groups and then arranged passage across the Atlantic through the Virginia Company.