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# Colonial Economic Growth Patterns

## Definition

The typical trajectories of economic development in colonies, including the sequence of agricultural expansion, manufacturing development, and commercial growth. These patterns reflect the natural exploitation of comparative advantages under favorable conditions.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 7

## Context

Smith uses growth pattern analysis to demonstrate how natural economic forces operate in colonial contexts. He argues that monopoly policies interfere with these natural patterns, forcing colonies into economically suboptimal development trajectories.

## Economic Domain

Production

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