Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique
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Was a French chartered company thad administered territories in the West Indies.
Establishment
September 1635: In 1635, Martinique was colonized by the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique, a French trading company.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.
1.1.Thirty Years' War
Was a war that took place mainly in central Europe between 1618 and 1648. The war began as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestant in the Holy Roman Empire but then escalated into a conflict for the hegemony in Europe between Habsburg Spain and Austria, Sweden and France.
1.1.1.Franco-Swedish Period
Was the fourth main period of the Thirty Years' War. It started with the intervention of the Kingdom of France.
October 1648: In 1648, a French expedition led by Sir du Mé annexed Îles des Saintes.
January 1636: In 1635, the territory of Saint-Christophe in France was transferred to the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique. This company was a French trading company established by Cardinal Richelieu to manage the colonization and trade in the Caribbean islands.
January 1636: The Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique settled in Guadeloupe in 1635, under the direction of Charles Liénard de L'Olive and Jean du Plessis d'Ossonville. They formally took possession of the island for France and brought in French farmers to colonise the land.
March 1648: In 1648, the island of Saint Martin lost its value to Spain after the end of the Eighty Years' War. The Spanish abandoned it, allowing the Dutch to return. The French also began settling, leading to a division of the island between the two powers through the Treaty of Concordia.
November 1648: Governor Charles Houël du Petit Pré was a French colonial administrator who organized the first French colonization of the Americas in 1648 on Marie-Galante. The territory was granted to the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique, and around fifty men settled near the site known as Vieux Fort "Old Fort."
May 1651: In 1651, the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique sold the right to administer Saint-Barthélemy and other islands to the Knights of Malta.
May 1651: In 1651, the two tips of Saint-Christophe Island were under the control of the Knights of Malta.
May 1663: In 1663, ownership of Guadeloupe, Îles des Saintes passed to the French West India Company, a trading company established by King Louis XIII of France.
Disestablishment
May 1663: In 1663, ownership of Guadeloupe, Îles des Saintes passed to the French West India Company, a trading company established by King Louis XIII of France.
