USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a person called that is among the first to enter or settle in a region?
A
Forty-Niner
B
Provision
C
Pioneer
D
Argonaut
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1. a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.

Detailed explanation-2: -pioneer. / (ˌpaɪəˈnɪə) / noun. a colonist, explorer, or settler of a new land, region, etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -: a person or group that originates or helps open up a new line of thought or activity or a new method or technical development. : one of the first to settle in a territory.

Detailed explanation-4: -pioneer. one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory. sourdough. a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)

Detailed explanation-5: -In the figurative usage, a “person who goes first or does something first” also applies to the American English use of “pioneer” to refer to a settler – a person who has migrated to a less occupied area and established permanent residence there, often to colonize the area; as first recorded in English in 1605.

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