As the indigenous people of North America, Native Americans were colonized on their own land, the places to which they trace their social, cultural, and religious origins.

Colonization (British English: colonisation) is a process of establishing control over areas or peoples for foreign people to advance their trade, cultivation, exploitation and possibly settlement.

COLONIZE meaning: 1. to send people to live in and govern another country: 2. (of animals, plants, or bacteria) to…. Learn more.

colonized, colonizing (of a nation or government) to claim and forcibly take control of (a territory other than its own), usually sending some of its own people to settle there.

Definition of colonize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. colonize something to take control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and send people from …

When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts.

A 1665 illustration of a Dutch East India Company factory in Hugli-Chuchura, depicting various elements of colonialism, including its hierarchies and impact on the colonized and their lands Colonialism is the …

Weeds quickly colonized the field. The island had been colonized by plants and animals.

Dec 4, 2016 · Adhesion to the intestinal epithelial cells is considered as necessary for probiotic microorganisms to colonize the large intestine, and colonization is important for beneficial health …

COLONIZED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of colonize 2. to send people to live in and govern another…. Learn more.