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Originally Posted by Pursuivant
If you want historical examples of new colonies at about the right TL, take a look at how any of the cities in North America were founded, and how they fared. Some were colossal failures, some had massive struggles to survive, and a few had their act together from the start and developed without too many problems.
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It's harder to find sources for, but the cities of ancient Greece were famous for
sending out colonies. Sicily, the southern Italian boot ("Magna Graecia"), the Black Sea Coast, and what is now Marseilles were all colonized by organized expeditions sent out from Greek cities. One of the key points there is that because the colony had a powerful sponsor (the mother city) they had some promise of security because any raiders would face retaliation, either military or diplomatic. A similar case might hold true for these refugees, if the king is strong enough; while they present a tempting target, they're under royal protection.