French West India Company
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french-west-india-company-173-12305701
title:
French West India Company
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The French West India Company was a French trading company founded on 28 May 1664, some three months before the foundation of the corresponding eastern company, by Jean-Baptiste Colbert and dissolved on 2 January 1674. The company received the French possessions of the Atlantic coasts of Africa and America, and was granted a monopoly on trade with America, which was to last for forty years. It was supposed to populate Canada, using the profits of the sugar economy that began in Guadeloupe. Its c
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French trading company
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_West_India_Company
date created:
2006-06-17T00:30:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T15:39:03Z
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