Sentence examples for encouraged settlement from inspiring English sources

Notable growth began with the new territorial governor, Lewis Cass, who actively encouraged settlement and promoted development.

The Protestant missionaries encouraged settlement of the region by European Americans, thinking it would help in their attempts to "civilize" native peoples.

Improvements in transportation fostered the growth of suburban Heliopolis and Al-Maʿādī; flood control permitted riverfront development; and bridges encouraged settlement of islands Al-Rawḍah Al-Rawḍahandlik) and of the west bank.

The dry period could have encouraged settlement and agriculture along the river, which would have proved disastrous when precipitation patterns changed and large megafloods returned around 1200 C.E., the researchers say. .

The Penn family encouraged settlement in the area in order to strengthen its case in a border dispute with the Maryland Colony, which had resulted in hostilities known as Cresap's War.

After World War I, the Yugoslav regime confiscated up to 50 percent of properties and encouraged settlement of the land by Serb volunteers and war veterans in Slavonia, only to have them evicted and replaced by up to 70,000 new settlers by the regime during the World War II.

He became a nationally recognized expert in judicial administration, a master of what he called "the art of judging". He established rules and procedures that curbed lawyerly excesses, speeded litigation, and encouraged settlements.

Half the clubs were encouraging settlement.

The regulation was imposed to prevent gun-running and to encourage settlement abroad.

Typically, the agency warns parties before a formal complaint is filed to encourage settlement of the dispute.

In 1962 a program was enacted to encourage settlement of new land, but only about 1,000 families were settled.