Company of the islands of America

During the year 1626, Richelieu supports the project of two sailors, of Roissy (or Roissey) and Pierre Belain d' Esnambuc: the creation of the " Company of the lords of Saint Christophe ". This one becomes in 1635, the " Company of the Islands of Americas " . Its action extends to the Guadeloupe, the Martinique and other islands and is a success. The cardinal is one of the subscribers with other close relations Razilly, Effiat, Lauzon… and one of the directors who will become one of his collaborator close relations is François IV Fouquet.

September 4th, 1649, Charles Houël buys the Guadeloupe and Holy the and establishes to with it the Company of the islands of America.

1652: led by Hazier of the Bush, the French return to Holy and undertake the first settings in culture of Ground-of-High and especially of Ground--Low, much more favourable with agriculture by its wetter climate. 1653: the Indians the Caribbean massacre the French colonists of Marie-Gallant. The captain of Me then achieves a punitive forwarding in the Dominique, the stronghold of the Caribbean which, by reprisals, take then by storm the Holy ones. This raid avenger is pushed back by the men of the Count of Star. 1658: the Caribbean are definitively dispossessed of their grounds to facilitate the installation of French colonists. The agricultural development is facilitated by the installation of the triangular trade, which allowed the importation of Esclaves intended for the plantations of banana and cane sugar.

In 1664, Colbert dissolves the " Company of the Islands of Amérique" and repurchases the Guadeloupe and its dependences for the King.

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