The Virginia Company was a joint-stock company meaning people invested their money in the colony in hopes of making money off the investment.
The Virginia Company ran Virginia as a business. The investment money made in the company created funds for start up. The company invested in land, tobacco plants, indentured servants, and necessary supplies to settle in Virginia. The Company would prove to profitable and investors as well as planters made very much money on the colony.
A member of Congress introduces a bill into his or her legislative chamber. The president may sign the act of Congress into law, or he may veto it. Congress can then override the president's veto by a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate thereby making the vetoed act a law.
