European colonists
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concept
European colonists were settlers from various European nations who migrated to and established control over foreign lands, often displacing indigenous populations and exploiting local resources for economic and political gain.
Aliases (12)
- colonial American ×3
- colonist ×3
- English colonist ×2
- Dutch colonist ×1
- Dutch settler family ×1
- English colonial soldier ×1
- English emigrant to the Thirteen Colonies ×1
- New England colonist ×1
- New France colonist ×1
- New Netherland settler ×1
- colonizers ×1
- historian of the Americas ×1
Instances (18)
- John Endecott ("English emigrant to the Thirteen Colonies")
- Samuel Sewall ("colonial American")
- Stephen Hopkins ("colonist")
- Abraham Rycken (Riker) ("Dutch colonist")
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo ("historian of the Americas")
- John Howland ("colonist")
- John Underhill ("English colonial soldier")
- James Howe Jr. ("New England colonist")
- Samuel Gray ("colonial American")
- John Rolfe ("English colonist")
- Bronck family ("Dutch settler family")
- Edward Leister ("English colonist")
- William Strachey ("colonist")
- Louis Jolliet ("New France colonist")
- Dutch settlers
- Spanish conquistadors ("colonizers")
- Hannah Hull ("colonial American")
- Adriaen van der Donck (jonkheer) ("New Netherland settler")