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Because the English founded the colonies to provide free raw materialsMiddle Passagetobaccofree enterpriseNew YorkSelect your answer for British companies, they felt threatened when the colonies began shipbuilding and growing their own industries. The colonists were moving towards a free enterprisegrowthagriculturetobaccoraw materialsSelect your answer economy which would include their own trading with other nations free of English interference.

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