During the American Revolutionary War, the Upper Creek chief Alexander McGillvray (whose father was Scots) allied with the British, as he hoped to stop colonial American encroachment.

Meli was one of the heroes of the former Tanganyika colony, and stood firm in the fight against colonial encroachment around the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The Toba were originally nomadic hunter-gatherers who, upon the arrival of the Spanish, adopted the horse and resisted colonial encroachment and missionization for several centuries.

The relocation from Navaulele to the present spectacular Nairukuruku river valley was only possible in post Christian times after belligerent surrounding tribes shunning Christianity and colonial encroachment were subdued and converted.

During the American Revolutionary War, most of the Iroquois sided with the British, as they hoped to end colonial encroachment.

Some retreated to the mountains to escape colonial encroachment.

As the reservations were not sufficient to end colonial encroachment, they were disbanded.

They moved from Long Island to escape colonial encroachment, to Oneida County, New York.

Other scholars, such as Herbert C. Kraft, have documented that some Munsee-speaking Lenape moved into the Ramapo Mountains to escape colonial encroachment.

The Seneca were allied with the British Crown during the American Revolution, both because of long trading relationships and in the hope that the Iroquois could limit colonial encroachment on their territory.