Editing Palisade (section)

==Colonial America==
Palisaded settlements were common in Colonial North America, for protection against indigenous peoples and wild animals.  The English settlements in [[Jamestown, Virginia]] (1607), [[Cupids, Newfoundland]] (1610) and [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]] (1620) were all originally fortifications that were surrounded by palisades.

Such defensive palisades were also frequently used in [[New France]]. In addition, colonial architecture used vertical palings as the walls of houses, in what was called ''[[poteaux en terre]]'' construction.  Some 18th-century houses in this style survive in [[Ste. Genevieve, Missouri]], initially settled by French colonists from the [[Illinois Country]] to the east of the [[Mississippi River]].{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}