Translation of "Colonists" in Spanish

The first American colonists arrived in the 17th century.

Los primeros colonos americanos llegaron en el siglo diecisiete.

colonists in their War of Independence...  and witnessed the British defeat at Yorktown.

colonos en su Guerra de Independencia ... y fue testigo de la derrota británica en Yorktown.

Of its french colonists. And how it happened in similar cases, Djibouti became

de sus colonos franceses. Y como ocurriÛ en otros casos parecidos, Yibuti se convirtiÛ