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The Breadbasket Colony
Natural resources of the land include agricultural land, coals, furs, timber, and iron ore. The colony was reffered to as the breadbasket colony because one of the major crops was wheat. New York's economics were based on exporting and trading timber and fur. The population quickly grew to 2000 people by 1665, it was incredibly diverse due to permitted immigration.
After the British took over the colony it started to be a colony that relied more on agriculture. The British continued the dutch system where few large land owners had large grants of

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