As in all colonial settlements, the furniture of the American colonies reflected the style preferences of the individual national groups.
From colonial settlements to community protests against gentrification, to recent "green renewal" projects such as Million Trees NYC, the case studies in the exhibition together uncover the political and economic interests behind the planting of trees in the city.
From colonial settlements to contemporary community protests against gentrification and recent green renewal projects such as Million Trees NYC, the case studies in Offsetted reveal the political and economic interests behind the planting of trees in the city.
Fort Nassau, near present-day Gloucester City, was one of the first colonial settlements in New Jersey (1623).
The island's other colonial settlements, also predominantly coastal, expanded slowly.
The first colonial settlements were established by Domingo Martínez de Irala in the period 1536 56.
Most of the survivors were relocated to colonial settlements, and many Chamorro women married Spanish or Filipino troops.
"Most early Colonial settlements were either on or near the shoreline.
León, one of Nicaragua's oldest cities, retains its colonial architecture, and nearby León Viejo, one of the oldest Spanish colonial settlements in the Americas, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000.
And in any case, Americans had a long "secessionist tradition," beginning with the very first colonial settlements.
The major Spanish colonial settlements, which became the country's principal cities, were also situated in these central basins and include Santa Ana, Ahuachapán, San Salvador, San Vicente, and San Miguel.
