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What benefit were colonies supposed to have for the nations who had them?
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What benefit were colonies supposed to have for the nations who had them?

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The nations who either had or wanted to have colonies in the New World or Africa wanted these colonies to bring them a massive amount of natural resources and riches, such as cotton, tobacco, gold, silver, etc--which were wildly profitable. 
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