title: American settlers
text: # American settlers
  
  American settlers is a broad-concept term which may refer to:
  
  * Settlement of the Americas, which began when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers entered North America via the Beringia land bridge from Siberia
  * European colonization of the Americas, which began in 1492, when a Spanish expedition headed by the explorer Christopher Columbus sailed west and landed in what came to be known to Europeans as the "New World"
     * Colonial history of the United States, European colonization of America from the start of colonization in the early 16th century
  * Manifest destiny, the westward movement of settlers across North America
  * Later migrations of specific groups to the United States:
     * History of Chinese Americans includes three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United States with the first beginning in the 19th century
     * Cuban immigration to the United States
     * Emigration from Mexico, primarily to the United States
     * Central American migrant caravans, composed of people who fled gang violence, poverty, and political repression with the goal of settling in the United States
  