Jean-Baptiste Colbert's mercantile policies and French colonial monopolies (1664-1715)

1. Colbert becomes key architect of royal policy

   Mar 9, 1661Labels: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV

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2. French West India Company chartered with monopoly

   May 1, 1664Labels: French West, French colonies

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3. Louis XIV charters the East India Company

   Aug 1, 1664Labels: French East, Louis XIV

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4. New customs tariffs increase protection for French trade

   Jan 1, 1667Labels: Customs tariffs, Colbert

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5. Compagnie du Sénégal founded to control African trade

   Jan 1, 1673Labels: Compagnie du, West Africa

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6. Ferme d’Occident created to manage colonial revenues

   Jan 1, 1674Labels: Ferme d, New France

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7. West India Company dissolved; crown shifts to tax-farm system

   Dec 2, 1674Labels: French West, Domaine d

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8. Ordonnance de la Marine codifies merchant shipping rules

   Aug 1, 1681Labels: Ordonnance de, merchant shipping

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9. Colbert dies; his system continues under successors

   Sep 6, 1683Labels: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV

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10. East India Company reorganized amid financial strain

    Jan 1, 1685Labels: French East, financial crisis

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11. Code Noir issued to regulate slavery in French colonies

    Mar 1, 1685Labels: Code Noir, French Caribbean

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12. War of the Spanish Succession strains mercantilist financing

    Mar 1, 1701Labels: War of, French navy

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13. Treaties of Utrecht reshape French imperial trade context

    Apr 11, 1713Labels: Treaties of, diplomacy

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14. Death of Louis XIV closes the Colbert-era policy arc

    Sep 1, 1715Labels: Death of, Regency

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