Yes, those words are synonymous.
Well, honey, if you're talking about those old-timey settlers in your essay, "colonists" should only be capitalized if it's at the beginning of a sentence or part of a proper noun like "British Colonists." Otherwise, keep it lowercase and sassy. Just make sure you're consistent throughout your writing, and you'll be good to go.
The word settlers is a common, plural, concrete noun.
The noun 'settlers' is a common noun, a general word for people who move to a new place with the intention of staying there; a word for any settlers anywhere.A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, The Settlers Inn in Hawley PA or Settlers Street in Windsor ON Canada.
settlers
To convince the colonists to fight for independence
Colonists
Pioneers, colonists, immigrants...
The early colonists or settlers where also known as pilgrims
To attract colonists and invite more settlers/people to settle.
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They were called Colonists or Settlers.
That is the correct spelling of the noun "colonist" (a settler, plural colonists).
The first colonists were English settlers, wealthy landowners from the west indies, and enslaved Africans.
To attract colonists and invite more settlers/people to settle.
William Penn settled Pennsylvania as a Quaker. The colonists were Quakers.
John Smith was the leader of the Jamestown settlers
How did powhatan socieety interact with the Settlers?