Joint-stock companies____. Group of answer choices a. allowed for the funding of English colonization ventures to the New World b. were business organizations in which people invested their money without the fear of bankruptcy c. allowed merchants or landowners to purchase a share of stock at a stated price, and at the end of several years, the investor could anticipate recovering the initial amount plus a portion of whatever profits the company had made d. All of the above. e. None of the above