6 sentences with 'outposts'
Example sentences and phrases with the word outposts and other words derived from it.
• « The English never found treasure equal to that of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, and England did not get rich quickly with its small American outposts. »
• « The French were primarily interested in establishing commercially viable colonial outposts, and to this end they created extensive trade networks in New France. »
• « With their outposts in New Netherland and the Caribbean, the Dutch had established themselves in the 17th century as a commercially powerful rival to Spain. Amsterdam became a trading centre for the entire Atlantic world. »
• « In time, other European imperial powers would follow in the footsteps of the Portuguese by building similar outposts on the West African coast. »
• « Supreme Court Justice John Jay was sent to Britain, with instructions from Hamilton to secure compensation for captured American ships; ensure that the British abandoned the northwestern outposts they still held despite the 1783 Treaty of Paris; and secure an agreement for American trade in the West Indies. »