A settlement, or human settlement is the place where a person or a community is established. However, it is generally understood by "settlement" a group of dwellings with a certain degree of precariousness, either from the point of view of the basic services present, or even from the point of view of the legality of the occupation of a given territory. In the context of a given territory, a settlement is a permanent civilian presence protected by the military. There can be various types of settlements, according to the law and city planning can be divided in formal and informal ones.
According to Marcus Felson, places where criminals are able to find one another, and which usually leads to sustained criminal behavior are known as offender convergence settings.
France was the first country to grant diplomatic recognition to the new American state, because France was an ally of the U.S. in the American Revolutionary War.
