When one society finds itself forced to relinquish power entirely to another society that in itself is a form of underdevelopment .... During the centuries of pre-colonial trade, some control over social political and economic life was retained in Africa, in spite of the disadvantageous commerce with Europeans.

When Europeans first arrived on Guam Chamorro society roughly fell into three classes: matao ( upper class ), achaot ( middle class ), and mana ' chang ( lower class ).

When Europeans arrived as colonists in North America, Native Americans changed their practice of slavery dramatically.

When Europeans first arrived, inhabitants of New Guinea and nearby islands – while still relying on bone, wood, and stone tools – had a productive agricultural system.

When the platypus was first encountered by Europeans in 1798, a pelt and sketch were sent back to Great Britain by Captain John Hunter, the second Governor of New South Wales.

When Asians are leaving work, Europeans are arriving to work.

When Europeans first arrived at Sierra Leone, slavery among the African peoples of the area was rare.

When an outbreak of yellow fever would occur in an African village with colonists, it would wipe out nearly all the Europeans, while leaving the native population with usually nonlethal symptoms resembling influenza.

When the first Europeans arrived, the most powerful states in precolonial Zambia were the kingdom of Barotseland in the upper Zambezi, and the kingdom of Mwata Kazembe on the Luapula.

When Europeans first landed on the islands, they reported the Bahamas were lushly forested.

When Europeans saw them, however, they became a major source of inspiration for Impressionist, Cubist, and Post-Impressionist artists, such as Vincent van Gogh, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and others.

When Europeans settled Australia they intentionally released many species into the wild including the Red Fox, Brown Hare, and the European Rabbit.

When the Europeans came to North America, the Arapaho saw the Europeans ' horses and realized that they could travel quicker and further with horses instead of dogs.

When counties were established by Europeans in New York in 1683, the present Seneca County was part of Albany County.

When Europeans settled the area in the early 19th century, their ignorance lead to the destruction of the grassland through lack of regular burning.

When Europeans made contact with America, European diseases ( to which they had no immunity ) ravaged the indigenous American population, rather than the other way around ( the " trade " in diseases was a little more balanced in Africa and southern Asia: endemic malaria and yellow fever made these regions notorious as the " white man's grave "; and syphilis may have spread in the opposite direction ).

When the Europeans first explored this area they found it populated mostly by a couple of Indian tribes, the Tubatulabals and by a few Paiute-Shoshone.

When Europeans first reached Tomales Bay, it was home to Coast Miwok people.

When Europeans came to Japan, they were called nanban (), literally Barbarians from the South, because the Portuguese ships appeared to sail from the South.

When Europeans first entered the area, " Teaneck " referred to the north-south ridge that runs along present-day Queen Anne Road, with Lenni Lenape Native Americans having established camps on either side of the ridge.

When Europeans arrived, the place was called " Meroke " all along the South Shore of what is now Nassau County.

When Europeans arrived, they began cutting down the forests, chasing away much of the wildlife.

When the Europeans arrived in the Straits of Mackinac area the predominant tribes were: three Algonquian tribes, known as the Council of Three Fires: Chippewa ( Ojibwe ), Ottawa ( Odawa ), and Potawatomi.

When his eyes began to focus, he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork.

When he was eight he began violin lessons.

When Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen began their collaboration in 1940, Mercer, like Arlen, had several substantial film songs to his credit, among them `` Hooray For Hollywood '', `` Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride '', `` Have You Got Any Castles, Baby??

When Thompson and her daughter began a correspondence which included fervent verses from Pantasaph, Mrs. King felt a proper Victorian alarm.

When the young biologist, Dr. Ballard, began to show interest in our daughter Elizabeth, this induced a corresponding interest, on our part, in him.

When the negotiations began, his quarrel with the king of France was temporarily in abeyance, and he had no intention of reviving it so long as there was hope that French money would come to pay the troops who, under Charles of Valois, the papal vicar of Tuscany, were so valuable in the crusade against the Colonna cardinals and their Sicilian allies.

When the algae began to build up again, the effluent BOD rose.

When the Korean war began, on June 25, 1950, the anniversary of the day Custer had gone down fighting at the Little Big Horn and the day the regiment had assaulted the beachhead of Leyte during World War 2,, the 7th Cavalry was not in the best fighting condition.

When the winter tour began at Los Angeles last January there was no one in sight to challenge Palmer's towering prestige.

When dam construction began in 1933, fewer than 600 boats used these waters ; ;

When a fisherman brought her up in his arms, still, small, as if she were a child asleep, I began to shudder with a terrible excitement, almost triumphant, that I still cannot account for.

When it became apparent that Johnson would lose his seat, an effort began by ally George W. Jones to put forward Johnson's name for governor.

When people started to study scientifically how to fly, people began to understand the basics of air and aerodynamics.

When blacks began singing adapted versions of these hymns, they were called Negro spirituals.

When the North Tower was struck at 8: 46 a. m., many executives began evacuating their employees from the upper floors of the South Tower.

When Sultan Murad V began to show signs of paranoia, madness and continuous fainting and vomiting even on the day of his coronation and threw himself into a pool yelling at his guards to protect his life, they were afraid the public would become outraged and revolt to bring the former Sultan back.

When emulators of 1980s video game consoles began to appear on home computers in the late 1990s, the Atari 7800 was one of the last to be emulated.

When the original digital signature generating software was turned over to the Atari community, development of new Atari 7800 titles began.

When the trade association began, it had seven members and its main goal was to eliminate all duties and restrictions on the majority of their trade within 12 years.

Beethoven's friend Anton Schindler, later said: " When he started working on the fourth movement the struggle began as never before.

When pro-reform forces came into power in the spring 1997, an ambitious economic reform package, including introduction of a currency board regime, was agreed to with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the economy began to stabilise.

When pro-reform forces came into power in the spring 1997, an ambitious economic reform package, including introduction of a currency board regime, was agreed to with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the economy began to stabilise.

When Hitler's chief engineer, Fritz Todt, began opening the new autobahn ( highways ) in 1935, many of the bridges and service stations were " bold examples of modernism " – among those submitting designs was Mies van der Rohe.

When Selig was only three, Marie began taking him and his older brother, Jerry, to Borchert Field, where the minor league Milwaukee Brewers played.

When the Luftwaffe began bombing Moscow, Pasternak immediately began to serve as a fire warden on the roof of the writer's building on Lavrushinski Street.