British colonists

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British colonists were settlers and administrators from Britain who established and governed colonies across North America and other parts of the world, profoundly shaping local societies, economies, and Indigenous relations.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrators ⓘ
group of people ⓘ
settler population ⓘ
associatedWith British Empire ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
imperial expansion ⓘ
consequence creation of settler-dominated states ⓘ
long-term socio-economic inequalities ⓘ
marginalization of Indigenous populations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
economicActivity cash-crop agriculture ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
mining ⓘ
influenced Indigenous political structures ⓘ
land tenure systems ⓘ
language use in colonies ⓘ
legal systems in colonies ⓘ
local economies ⓘ
local societies ⓘ
religious practices in colonies ⓘ
introduced Anglicanism ⓘ
British educational institutions ⓘ
British legal institutions ⓘ
Protestant denominations ⓘ
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
conflicts with Indigenous nations ⓘ
displacement of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
plantation slavery ⓘ
treaty-making with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
languageSpread English language ⓘ
operatedIn Africa ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Pacific Islands ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
role administered imperial policies ⓘ
developed plantation economies ⓘ
developed settler economies ⓘ
established colonies ⓘ
governed colonies ⓘ
settled on Indigenous lands ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odawa → colonialContactWith → British colonists ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) → colonialContactWith → British colonists ⓘ
Treaty of Hartford (1638) → involvedParty → English colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Quiripi people → encounteredBy → English colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Pennacook people → colonialInteractionWith → English colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Algonquin people → colonialEncounterWith → British colonists ⓘ
Joseph Bradford → partOf → New England colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Swansea, Massachusetts Bay (historical) → conflictSide → New England colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Wiradjeri → hasColonialContactWith → British colonists ⓘ
Algonquian peoples → hasHistoricalInteractionWith → British colonists in North America ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Maliseet → colonialContactWith → British colonists ⓘ
Chickasaw Wars → participant → British colonists ⓘ
Natal Colony → ethnicGroup → British settlers ⓘ
subject linked to: former Natal Colony
linked to: British colonists
Wea → contactWith → British colonists ⓘ
eastern frontier of the Cape Colony → ethnicGroupInvolved → British settlers ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Yuchi → colonialContactWith → British colonists ⓘ
British colonisation of Australia → mainSubject → British settlers in Australia ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Lower Creek → conflictWith → British colonists ⓘ
Ann Franklin → ethnicGroup → New England colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Elizabeth Wendell → ethnicGroup → New England colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Jason Russell → ethnicGroup → New England colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
British Natal → ethnicGroup → British settlers ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Sarah Cloyce → ethnicGroup → English colonists in New England ⓘ
subject linked to: Sarah
linked to: British colonists
Temperance Gorham → ethnicGroup → English colonists in New England ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Malecite → colonialContact → British colonists ⓘ
Raid on Canso (1723) → defender → British colonists ⓘ
William Thomas → ethnicGroup → English colonists in New England ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
New-England Courant → hasAudience → New England colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
British Empire in Kenya region → encouragedSettlementOf → British settlers ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Lower Creek people → tradedWith → British colonists ⓘ
Ofos Indians → colonialContactWith → English colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Myall Creek massacre → perpetrator → European colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists
Ofogoula Indians → colonialContactWith → British colonists ⓘ
Malecite people → colonialContactWith → British colonists ⓘ
Malécites → colonialContactWith → British colonists ⓘ