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European-American

Noun

Meaning

European-American (plural European-Americans)

An American of European ancestry.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A European-American man could legally marry a Cherokee woman by petitioning the federal court, after gaining approval of ten of her blood relatives. Source: Internet

After Ridge had married a European-American woman from Connecticut and Boudinot was engaged to another, the Cherokee Council in 1825 passed a law making children of such unions full citizens of the tribe, as if their mothers were Cherokee. Source: Internet

As the Cherokee began to adopt some elements of European-American culture in the early 19th century, they sent elite young men, such as John Ridge and Elias Boudinot to American schools for education. Source: Internet

Because of opposition to many of these provisions in Indian Country, often by the major European-American ranchers and industry who leased land and other private interests, most were removed while Congress was considering the bill. Source: Internet

A genre and musical form developed by African Americans in the United States around the end of the 19th century from African-American work songs and European-American folk music. Source: Internet

Before the removal occurred between 1834 and 1837, the state legislature defined counties from the lands to be ceded, and European-American settlers flocked in before the Native Americans had left. Source: Internet

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