SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW NETHERLANDS
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Detailed explanation-1: -colonists. A colonist is a member of a government-backed group that settles in a new country or region. The land that’s claimed by a colonist is usually already occupied by another group of people. A colonist can also be called a settler, someone who helps start a settlement in a new land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Word forms: colonists Colonists are the people who start a colony or the people who are among the first to live in a particular colony. The apple was brought over here by the colonists when they came. Synonyms: settler, immigrant, pioneer, colonial More Synonyms of colonist.
Detailed explanation-3: -A settler is a person who moves to a new place with the intention to stay there. Colonial America was built by settlers who came mainly from England. Settlers often think of themselves as being the first people to live in an area, although through history settlers moved to places already inhabited by native people.