They found it easy to settle in a country that, until seventeen seventy-six, was a collection of British colonies.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

He arrived in Washington in the spring of 1842 with the power to settle all disputes with the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The cattlemen finally had to settle land of their own, putting up fences and cutting the size of their herds.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

The purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska bill reportedly was to settle differences among opposing railroad interests in the area.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

The people who used them were some of the first populations to arrive in and settle in Europe.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

There were some who thought the earlier Missouri Compromise could be used to settle the issue of slavery in California,Oregon,and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

They are worried that some students will settle for vocational education when they could go to college and possibly earn more money.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

He said the Senate was a political body that was being asked to settle a political question.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

Yet there may be more questions to settle about what exactly makes a cow a cow.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

The public saw the elections as a sign of hope that reasonable people might find a way to settle the bitter dispute over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

The southern effort to settle Kansas was led mostly by slave-owning farmers in Missouri.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

He said the citizen from Georgia had as much right to settle in this territory with his slaves as a citizen of Maine with his horse.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

He proposed that Congress create a labor committee to help settle the disputes.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

He had his own plan to settle one part of the dispute.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

However,the American Senate voted to try to settle the conflict peacefully.

VOA: special.2011.02.03