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 the Europeans began their African slave trade in the early 15th century, the diet of newly-enslaved Africans changed on the long journeys away from their homelands.

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 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 head came down, Curt grabbed him by the hair and catapulted him head first into the wall.

`` When I came up, damnit, I thought I was going down.

When he came back to the schoolhouse, his mind was made up.

When Beckett's name came into the discussion, the priest grew loud and told me that Beckett `` hates life ''.

When fame came it changed Sandburg only slightly.

When May came the Caravan had already crossed the Equator.

When their levies came shambling into camp, they were all elbows, hair, and beard.

When he came home from his office at the end of the afternoon, Breasted never knew what gathering he should expect to find, but there almost always was one.

When I first came across Samuel Johnson's pronouncement, `` the remedy for the ills of life is palliative rather than radical '', it seemed to me to sum up the profoundest of political and social truths.

When he came to Baltimore, he was leaving a team which was supposed to win the National League pennant, and he was joining what seemed to be a second division American League club.

When the sun came out, Stevie strode proudly into Orange Square, smiling like a landlord on industrious tenants.

When he felt the side of his head, his fingers came away covered with blood.

When his arm came up I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck, watering my eyes, and I backed off to cough.

When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station wagon, feeling in his trouser cuffs for the ignition key which he had dropped a moment before, she came out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head, which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad, and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window.

When they came to Mr. Jack's photograph, twenty by twelve inches in a curly silver frame, Miss Ada said, `` By rights I ought to leave that, seeing he won't take my clotheshorse ''.

When radio came in, it continued the misplaced modifier in its routines as a standard device.

When the therapist came to feel on sufficiently sure ground with him to ask him, `` What is that, Bill -- hello or farewell ''??

When the chance came, they first eliminated cold cereal once a week, then gradually converted to hot fresh-ground cereal every day.

When a second quake came, they dashed back to the beach, fearing that they might be buried under landslides.

When a cow came out of a corral in a crouchin' run she was said to `` come out a-stoopin' ''.

When he came to the movies -- more or less by accident -- they were still cheap entertainment capable of enthralling the unthinking for an idle few minutes.

When he snatched it up the voice that came to him was quick and urgent.

When the verdict came in against his young neighbor, Hengesbach said:

When Dr. W. A. Swim celebrated his 75th birthday at the Wilshire Country Club, guests came by chartered plane from all over the country.

`` When you came up to the majors, did you seek out Williams for advice ''??