European-American settlers

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ethnic group historical community settler population

European-American settlers were people of European descent who migrated to and colonized regions of the Americas, profoundly reshaping the continent’s demographics, cultures, and political structures.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
American colonists	4
Anglo-American settlers	1
Texian settlers	1
United States settlers	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ historical community ⓘ settler population ⓘ
associatedWith	Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ frontier expansion in North America ⓘ plantation economies in the Americas ⓘ
colonizingPowerFor	European colonies in the Americas ⓘ
consequenceOfSettlement	creation of mixed-heritage populations in the Americas ⓘ deforestation and environmental change in the Americas ⓘ displacement of Indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ introduction of European languages in the Americas ⓘ introduction of European legal systems in the Americas ⓘ spread of European diseases to Indigenous populations ⓘ
continentOfOrigin	Europe ⓘ
demographicLegacy	creation of majority-European-descended populations in parts of the Americas ⓘ
engagedIn	agricultural expansion in the Americas ⓘ establishment of colonial governments ⓘ land appropriation from Indigenous peoples ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ resource extraction in the Americas ⓘ
ethnicity	European descent ⓘ
involvedIn	European colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
politicalLegacy	establishment of European-style property regimes in the Americas ⓘ formation of settler states in the Americas ⓘ
primaryRegionOfSettlement	Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significantImpactOn	cultures of the Americas ⓘ demographics of the Americas ⓘ political structures of the Americas ⓘ
subgroupIncludes	Dutch settlers in the Americas ⓘ English settlers in North America ⓘ French settlers in North America ⓘ German settlers in North America ⓘ Irish settlers in North America ⓘ Italian settlers in the Americas ⓘ Portuguese settlers in Brazil ⓘ Russian settlers in Alaska ⓘ Scandinavian settlers in North America ⓘ Scottish settlers in North America ⓘ Spanish settlers in the Americas ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorMigration	15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dena’ina people → colonialContactWith → European-American settlers ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States settlers

Charles Biddle → ethnicGroup → European-American settlers ⓘ

this entity surface form: American colonists

Walker Daniel → ethnicGroup → European-American settlers ⓘ

this entity surface form: American colonists

Anglo-American colonization of Texas → mainParticipant → European-American settlers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-American settlers

New York Restraining Act 1767 → opposedBy → European-American settlers ⓘ

this entity surface form: American colonists

Vice Admiralty Court Act 1768 → opposedBy → European-American settlers ⓘ

this entity surface form: American colonists

Runaway Scrape → participant → European-American settlers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texian settlers

“Five Civilized Tribes” → termCoinedBy → European-American settlers ⓘ

subject surface form: Five Civilized Tribes