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colonist

[kol-uh-nist] / ˈkɒl ə nɪst /


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However, the researchers report their work revealed the "richness, abundance and composition" of the bee populations were "signficantly impacted by agricultural colonization after as little as 10-17 years of settlement by colonist farmers and ranchers."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024

Pocahontas died several years later in March 1617 in Gravesend, England, while colonist John Rolfe died around March 1622, he added.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023

It stands on the site where Samuel de Champlain, the French colonist and navigator who founded Quebec and New France, built a chapel in 1633.

From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2022

Senegalese Author Mariama Bâ: “The assimilationist dream of the colonist drew into its crucible our mode of thought and way of life.”

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

John Rolfe, a new colonist, began growing tobacco in James Town.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Early European colonists in North America and the indigenous communities they encountered each tried to gain the advantage in meetings friendly and otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

One of the main reasons colonists rebelled against the crown was that they wanted more Indigenous land—they wanted to move farther west into North America, but the king was telling them no.

From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026

The letter from the owner of the cargo, the East India Company, to the British government gives a breakdown of the tea destroyed on December 16, 1773 by American colonists.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

In the mural “Troubled Island,” Noni Olabisi chronicles the Haitian struggle for independence, including how suffering under French colonists led to the 1791 slave rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

To the colonists, Massasoit could be distinguished from his subjects more by manner than by dress or ornament.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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