Sentence examples for two decades of settlement from inspiring English sources

In short, illicit passions inflamed the hearts of at least some of the Pilgrims, even in the first two decades of settlement.

Although the Pilgrims were always a minority in Plymouth, they nevertheless controlled the entire governmental structure of their colony during the first four decades of settlement.

The Palestinians point to four decades of settlement building and military actions like the offensive in Gaza in January as evidence that Israel is not serious about two states.

Battle of Fallen Timbers, decisive victory of the U.S. Army general Anthony Wayne over the Northwest Indian Confederation on August 20 , 1794 ending two decades of border warfare and securing white settlement of the former Indian territory mainly in Ohio.

However, more than two decades of talks with Israel have failed to achieve a final peace settlement and an independent Palestinian state.

However, two decades of on-off peace talks have since failed to produce a permanent settlement.

The exact pattern of settlement in the Clyde region through the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth century, before the arrival of the HBC and RCMP, is far from certain.

Typical of rural agricultural settlements, Poulton's population increased by almost 25% through the first two decades of the 19th century.

Two decades of on-off negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have failed to produce a permanent settlement, with the latest round of direct negotiations breaking down in 2010.

Four Israeli Egged buses were heading to the Israeli Jewish settlement of Beit-El, near the Palestinian town of Nablus -- where there has been two decades of tension between Jewish settlers and Palestinians and the boundaries are still ambiguous.

It spawned two decades of litigation.