9 sentences with 'colonists'
Example sentences and phrases with the word colonists and other words derived from it.
See sentences with related words
• « The British Parliament tried to impose unpopular taxes on the American colonists to help pay for British troops there during and after the Seven Years' War. »
• « By the time he returned in 1590, the entire colony was gone. The only trace the colonists left was the word "Croatoan" carved into a fence surrounding the town. »
• « The Portuguese traded or sold slaves to Spanish, Dutch and English colonists in the Americas, particularly in South America and the Caribbean, where sugar was a major export. »
• « In other cases, however, the colonists found relatively isolated areas suitable for shipping and settled, maintaining close connections with their home polis as an economic outpost. »
• « The kingdoms fielded large armies, many of whom consisted of descendants of Greek colonists who agreed to serve in the armies in exchange for permanent possession of land in special military cities. »
• « By then, however, the legal and social conditions of farmers had degenerated to the point where they were essentially serfs (known as colonists): unfree rural labourers, hardly better than slaves themselves. »
• « The reason for all this militaristic mania was simple: Sparta was a slave society. Approximately 90% of the population of the area under Sparta's control were colonists, serfs descended from the population conquered by Sparta in the 8th century. »
• « Each year, the Spartans "declared war" on the colonists, ravaging their river valley, and part of the training of young Spartan men took place in the Krypteia, the Spartan secret police who infiltrated the icy villages to look for signs of rebellion. »
• « Significantly, this was the only war that France "won" in the course of the 18th century, and it gained nothing more than the satisfaction of having finally defeated its British enemy. The real winners were the American colonists who could now create an independent nation. »
Online language tools
- Sentence generator with Artificial Intelligence
- Syntax and semantic analyzer of sentences with Artificial Intelligence
- Main idea identifier of a text with Artificial Intelligence
- Find the main words of a text with Artificial Intelligence
- Explain a text in a simple way with artificial intelligence
- Summarizing text with Artificial Intelligence
- Rewriting texts with Artificial Intelligence
- Spelling/grammar checker with artificial intelligence
- Online text word counter