English colonization differed from Spanish in part because the English used
- A
Direct royal funding from the English Crown's treasury exclusively
- B
Enslaved African labor as the sole financial and demographic basis of all colonial settlement
- C
Catholic religious orders such as Jesuits and Franciscan missions
- Dcheck_circle
Joint-stock companies (like the Virginia Company) to spread financial risk among investors
Explanation
Joint-stock companies allowed pooled private investment, key to English colonial finance.