The Spanish built both forts and pueblos as defenses in their settlements. The borderlands ran west from Florida to California.
The first settlements in New Jersey were made by the Dutch in the early 17th century, specifically around 1623, when they established a trading post on the Hudson River. This was followed by the English, who took control of the area in 1664 and established further settlements. The region was initially part of New Netherland before becoming an English colony.
Spanish was initially brought to the Americas by Christopher Columbus and other Spanish explorers during the early 16th century. They established colonial settlements and imposed their language on the indigenous populations through colonization and conquest.
Initially, no - they had to make a formal claim. This is why settlements were established in the south (Port Phillip Bay and Tasmania), the north (Moreton Bay) and the west (Swan River).
Initially the defensive hill-fort of a city, then expanding to temples and treasury.
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Initially defensive against neighbouring cities and peoples, these grew as Rome gained strength and expanded through Italy and then Europe. It gained its empire through conquest, and maintained it by defensive warfare.
Mastercard was initially named Master Charger and was formed by several different banks in 1966 to compete with the Bankameri card by Bank of America.
McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica was initially established after World War II, in 1946, by the United States of America.
In general terms, the 'process of colonization' that affected North America was the movement of Europeans from their European homes into new homes on the North American continent. Initially tentative and often unsuccessful, the process established initial settlements in coastal areas; later, those settlements led to inland settlements, with communications and overarching administrative services established. Still later, entire regions became 'civilized' by new arrivals and the growth of the older settlers, along with regulatory and other support from the home-country and, not to be overlooked, the dispersal of Natives in the areas being colonized.
The colonies were settlements established by the Romans around Italy and later beyond it. Initially their main purpose was to establish a Roman presence in areas which Rome needed to control and to provide land for the landless poor. Then they became mainly about settling retired soldiers because they were entitled to a plot of land to farm on discharge.