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French Compagnie des Indes and imperial commerce (1664–1769)

French Compagnie des Indes and imperial commerce (1664–1769)

  1. Colbert founds French East India Company

    Labels: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French East
  2. Company gains land base that becomes Lorient

    Labels: Port-Louis, Lorient
  3. Pondicherry settlement established under company rule

    Labels: Pondicherry, Fran ois
  4. Lorient becomes primary metropolitan base in wartime

    Labels: Lorient, Enclos
  5. Dutch seize Pondicherry amid European rivalry

    Labels: Pondicherry, Dutch Navy
  6. Treaty of Ryswick ends Nine Years’ War

    Labels: Treaty of
  7. Law’s Company absorbs East India Company

    Labels: John Law, Compagnie des
  8. Mississippi Bubble crash destabilizes the company

    Labels: Mississippi Bubble
  9. Reorganized as the French Indies Company

    Labels: Compagnie fran, Lorient
  10. Dupleix appointed governor-general of French India

    Labels: Joseph-Fran ois, French India
  11. French seize Madras during imperial war

    Labels: Madras, War of
  12. British capture Pondicherry in the Seven Years’ War

    Labels: Pondicherry, Seven Years'
  13. Company monopoly and privileges withdrawn by the Crown

    Labels: Louis XV, Company privileges