Settler facts for kids
A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and made a permanent home there. Many times the reason is to colonize the area.
Many times in history settlers live on land which used to belong to people who had lived there a long time. These people are known as indigenous people. Other names are natives, Aborigines or, in the Americas, Indians. This land is usually settled against the wishes of the indigenes. It is then controlled, defended and grown by force.
Related pages
- Conquistador
- Immigrant
- John Smith (explorer)
- John Rolfe
- Afrikaner
- Cecil Rhodes
- Warren Hastings
- Robert Clive
- John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
- Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
Images for kids
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Chilean settlers in Baker River, Patagonia, 1935.
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A family of Russian settlers in the Caucasus region, circa 1910
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Early North American settlers from Europe often built crude houses in the form of log cabins
See also
In Spanish: Colono para niños
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