colonialization
Noun
Meaning
colonialization (countable and uncountable, plural colonializations)
Bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.
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It was introduced to North America during European colonialization; citation both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson mention horseradish in garden accounts.
Sugarcane and sugar were little known and rare in Europe until the twelfth century or later, when the Crusades and then colonialization spread its use.