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colonization

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The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.

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the British colonization of America Source: Internet

After Pablo Ubarri sought permission to link San Juan with Río Piedras proper via steam tramway in 1878, the time it took to travel between both points were shortened and thereby stimulated the colonization and growth of the district. Source: Internet

“America and Canada, Australia and New Zealand — the colonization overwhelmed the Indigenous population,” he says. Source: Internet

A’Kaeila Coulter’s documentary centers around Yaa Asantewaa, a leader of the Asante Nation who led the fight against British colonization in the early 20th century. Source: Internet

After European colonization of the Northeast started, the Mohawk had a lucrative fur trade with the French coming down from Canada, as well as the early Dutch colonists, and later British and German colonists. Source: Internet

A massive immigration from the Soviet republics of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and others followed, largely as a result of Stalin's plan to integrate Latvia and the other Baltic republics into the Soviet Union by means of Russian colonization. Source: Internet

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