A family of Russian settlers in the Caucasus region, circa 1910

A settler is a person who has migrated to a less occupied area and established permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries Human migration denotes any movement by Humans from one locality to another sometimes over long distances or This article is about a type of political territory For other uses see Colony (disambiguation. Settlers are generally people who take up residence on land and cultivate it, as opposed to nomads. Sedentary lifestyle is a medical Neologism used to denote a type of Lifestyle most commonly found in modern (particularly Western) cultures Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Nomadic people, (from the νομάδες nomádes, "those who let pasture herds" also known as nomads, are communities of people that The word "settler" is synonymous with terms such as pioneers, colonists, or "colonials".

Causes of Emigration

See also: Political migration

The reason for emigration of settlers varies, but often includes one or more factors such as: economic or personal financial hardship; social, cultural, ethnic, or religious persecution (e. Political migration is any migration motivated primarily by political interests g. the Pilgrims, Mormons and Zionists), or; political oppression and/or policies aimed at encouraging foreign settlement. Pilgrims, or Pilgrim Fathers (or Pilgrim Mothers) is a name commonly applied to the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the

The colony concerned is sometimes controlled by the government of a settler's home country, and emigration is sometimes approved by an imperial government. An empire (from the Latin " Imperium " denoting military Command within the ancient Roman government) is a State that The term settler is not usually used in relation to the later histories of well-established and/or independent, postcolonial countries with continuing immigration, like the present-day United States, Canada or Australia, where terms like immigrants are preferred. Postcolonialism ( postcolonial theory, post-colonial theory) is an intellectual discourse that holds together a set of theories found among the texts and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term

Historical usage

A personification of pioneering as represented by a statue in The American Adventure in the World Showcase pavilion of Walt Disney World's Epcot. A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size The American Adventure is the host pavilion of the World Showcase within Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Epcot is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The park is dedicated to international Culture and technological Innovation.

In almost every real historical case, settlers live on land which previously belonged to long-established peoples, known as indigenous people (often called "natives", "Aborigines" or, in the Americas, "Indians"). The term Indigenous Peoples or autochthonous peoples can be used to describe any Ethnic group who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest historical The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America This land is usually settled against the wishes of the indigenes, and then controlled, defended and expanded by force, or it is bought or leased from indigenous people on terms highly favourable to the settlers, sometimes under a treaty (e. g. the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand). The Treaty of Waitangi ( Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a Treaty first signed on February 6, 1840, by representatives of the British New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In some cases (such as Australia), the legal ownership of some lands is contested much later by indigenous people, who seek or claim traditional usage, land rights, native title and related forms of ownership or partial control. Land rights are those Property rights that pertain to Real estate land Native title is a concept in the Law of Australia that recognises in certain cases there was and is a continued beneficial legal interest in land held by local Indigenous

The word "settler" was not originally usually used in relation to unfree labour immigrants, such as slaves (e. Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations especially in modern or early modern history in which people are employed against their will As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another g. in the United States), indentured labourers (such as in South Africa), or convicts (such as in New York, 1674-1775; Australia 1788-1868). An indentured servant is a form of Debt bondage worker The Laborer is under Contract of an Employer for some period of time usually three to The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa A convict is "a person found guilty of a Crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison" sometimes referred to in Slang New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous More recently descendants of these immigrants may argue that they have as much right to use the word "settler" as the descendants of free immigrants.

In Imperial Russia, the government invited Russians or foreign nationals to settle in sparsely populated lands. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries These settlers were called "colonists". See, e. g. , articles Slavo-Serbia, Volga German, Volhynia. Slavo-Serbia (Славяносербия Serbian: Славеносрбија or Slavenosrbija, archaic Serbian name Славено-Сербія was a territory The Volga Germans (Wolgadeutsche or Russlanddeutsche) were Ethnic Germans living along the Volga River in the region of southern European Russia

Although they are often thought of as traveling by sea — the dominant form of travel in the early modern era — significant waves of settlement could also use long overland routes, such as the Great Trek by the Boer-Afrikaners in South Africa, or the Oregon Trail in the United States. The Great Trek was an eastward and north-eastward migration during the 1830s and 1840s of the Boers ( Dutch / Afrikaans for "farmers" who Boer (ˈbuːr in Dutch ˈbʊɚ/ /boʊɚ or /ˈbɔr/ in English is the Dutch word for Farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans The term Afrikaner people refers to white Afrikaans -speaking people who have been established in Southern Africa since the 17th century and are mainly of northwestern The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Pioneers traveled across the Oregon Trail, one of the main overland migration routes on the North American Continent, in wagons in order to settle new parts of the

Modern usage

However, sometimes one tribe of native settlers drove another tribe from the lands it held, such as the settlement of lands in the area now called Carmel-by-the-Sea, California where Ohlone peoples settled in areas previously inhabited by the Esselen tribe (Bainbridge, 1977). Carmel-by-the-Sea, usually called simply Carmel, is a small town endowed with a rich artistic history situated on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Ohlone people also known as the Costanoan and as the Muwekma, are the indigenous people of Northern California who have lived in the The Esselen were a Native American linguistic group in the hypothetical Hokan language family who resided in what is now known as Big Sur in the ^[1]

In the Middle East, Israeli settlers are Jews who live in areas captured during the Six-Day war and claimed by Palestinians. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured as a result of Jordanian attacks during the 1967 Six-Day War. Background Suez Crisis aftermath The Suez Crisis of 1956 represented a military defeat but a political victory for Egypt Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Some historians and scientists maintain that Palestinians are descended mostly from Arab settlers in Palestine, after the Caliphate conquered the area in the 7th century. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. A caliphate (from the Arabic خلافة or khilāfa) is the political leadership of the Muslim community in classical and medieval Islamic history However, both Israelis and Palestinians claim partial descent from peoples who lived in the region in prehistoric times (see: History of ancient Israel and Judah, Ancestry of the Palestinians). The history of Ancient Israel and Judah is known to us from classical sources including Judaism 's Tanakh or Hebrew Bible (known Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn

Early American settlers often built crude houses in the form of log cabins. A log cabin is a small house built from logs It is a fairly simple type of Log house.

Other usage

Settlers in hypothetical societies, such as on other planets, often feature in science fiction or fantasy fiction and/or video games. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting

References

Similar terms

• Squatter

See also

• Indigenous people
• Virgin Lands Campaign
• Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme
• Transmigration program
• Israeli settlement
• Naturalized TRNC citizens
• Sooners
• Lebensraum
• Green March