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The Canal Colonies, as the areas irrigated by the new canals, were called, were settled by peasants in the USA.

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The above statement is false;
A worldwide agricultural economy had started to take shape by 1890, responding to intricate shifts in how people and money moved, ecosystems altered, and how technology changed. The British Indian government constructed a network of irrigation canals in Punjab throughout the 19th century tTheastelands into productive agricultural fields that could grow wheat and cotton for export. The communities constructed near the freshly irrigated lands were known as "canal colonies. Peasants from various parts of Punjab arrived at these canal communities and made their homes there. To meet the demands of British textile producers, cotton production has risen globally.
The correct statement would be The Canal Colonies were called Punjab Canal Colonies.

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