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The economy wasn't at all like today's economy. Mostly Colonial New Yorkers were farmers and sold cash crops, tobacco, and lumber for money.

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the economy in the New York Colony was dominated by harbors which had to do with the growth of seaports; and New York colony was also included in fur trade.

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