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# Colony Prosperity Mechanisms

## Definition

The economic processes and conditions that enable colonial development, including
land abundance, labor scarcity, and the natural progression from agriculture
to manufacturing and commerce.

## Source Chapter

Book V, Chapter 3

## Context

Smith explains how colonies naturally develop prosperous economies through
the same mechanisms that historically developed in older countries, but at an
accelerated pace due to favorable initial conditions.

## Economic Domain

Accumulation

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