6 sentences with 'colonise'
Example sentences and phrases with the word colonise and other words derived from it.
• « The pharaohs sent communities of Egyptians to colonise the conquered lands, both to pacify those lands and to exploit the natural resources in order to increase royal revenues. »
• « Moreover, not only were African states able to fight Europeans successfully, but African diseases made it impossible for large numbers of Europeans to colonise or occupy much of African territory. »
• « The Dutch distinguished themselves as commercial leaders in the 17th century, and their mode of colonisation was based on powerful corporations: the Dutch East India Company, formed in 1602 to trade in Asia, and the Dutch West India Company, established in 1621 to colonise and trade in the Americas. »
• « After the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 defined the border between the United States and Mexico, the Spanish Mexican government began actively encouraging Americans to colonise its northern province. »
• « In 1845, New York newspaper editor John O'Sullivan introduced the concept of "manifest destiny" to describe the popular idea of America's special role in the expansion of the continent: the divine right and duty of white Americans to seize and colonise the American West, thereby spreading Protestant and democratic values. »
• « Not long after New Zealand had been widely publicised about in Britain, attempts were made to colonise New Zealand. The British came to New Zealand in 1840. »