Sentence examples for were first settled from inspiring English sources

The American colonies were first settled by Protestant dissenters.

They are all within Los Angeles proper, in the northeast hills, which were first settled in the late 1800s.

He said his finding does not solve the much-disputed question of when the Americas were first settled.

It seems certain that Pompeii, Herculaneum, and nearby towns were first settled by Oscan-speaking descendants of the Neolithic inhabitants of Campania.

Most of its upland areas were first settled in the early 19th century by non-Muslim groups trying to escape the ravages of the Fulani jihad (holy war).

Sections of the area were first settled by the Dutch in the 1630s, and six largely agricultural towns Brooklyn, Flatlands, Flatbush, New Utrecht, Bushwick, and Gravesend soon thrived.

The region was first settled about 1863 by gold prospectors.

Diego Garcia was first settled in the late 18th century.

When Australia was first settled, there were maybe half a million people on earth.

Annadel was first settled by European and European-American homesteaders during the 1840s-1860s.

The site was first settled in 1895 and named for its location in a pine forest.