Squatters. In all the books I have read, this is what they are called.
Settlers, conquistadors, imperialists, colonists, explorers
pioneers
family who were looking for land and a way to survive.
What was it called when high land on one side of the fall line where colonists settled?
First they settled there for land. Second they needed fertile soil to raise crops because they didnt have that in the Netherlands. And finally they needed food and Delaware was right on the water and water=fish
Homesteaders
They settled in the land that is today called "Israel", though in ancient times, the borders were quite different.
The Torah doesn't say what parts of Egypt the Hebrews settled in.Answer:Actually, it does. They settled in Goshen (Exodus 8:18 and other verses).
They settled in the land of Canaan, which was then renamed the Land of Israel.
homesteaders pioneers Some were homesteaders because they were offered land to settle in the West.
When Spain started to colonize Florida in the 1500's a majority of the land was swamp. They didn't have the technology to reclaim the land and settled in areas where they had good land, could plant crops and had coastal access.
About 1200 years ago, the country that is now called England, was settled by tribes from what is now called Germany. These people were known as Angles and the land that they settled in became known as Angle Land which gradually changed to become England.