Colonization what's the definition

physical process whereby the colonizer takes over another place, putting its own government in charge and either moving its own people into the place or bringing in indentured outsiders to gain control of the people and the land.

The process of settling among and then controlling the native people.

Dictionary definition;

noun

-the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

-the action of appropriating a place or domain for one's own use.