Saint-Christophe

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Saint-Christophe was a French colonial possession in the Caribbean, better known today as the island of Saint Kitts.

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Saint-Christophe canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Caribbean island ⓘ
former French colony ⓘ
administrativeCenter Basse-Terre (historically for French part of the island) ⓘ
linked to: Basse-Terre
capitalTodayOnIsland Basseterre ⓘ
cededTo Great Britain ⓘ
cededYear 1713 (partial cession under Treaty of Utrecht) ⓘ
1763 (confirmation of British control under Treaty of Paris) ⓘ
colonialAdministrationType French colony under the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
conflictInvolved Anglo-French colonial wars in the Caribbean ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession (Caribbean theatre) ⓘ
countryToday Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Christopher Columbus ⓘ
discoveryYear 1493 ⓘ
economicBaseColonialPeriod sugar plantations ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ
equivalentEnglishName Saint Christopher ⓘ
equivalentShortEnglishName St. Kitts ⓘ
firstPermanentFrenchSettlementBy Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc ⓘ
firstPermanentFrenchSettlementYear 1625 ⓘ
formerNameOf Saint Kitts ⓘ
geographicalGroup Windward side of the Leeward Islands arc ⓘ
hasModernPoliticalEntityOnIsland Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
laborSystemColonialPeriod African slavery ⓘ
languageColonialAdministration French ⓘ
laterColonialAdministrationType royal French colony ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Leeward Islands ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
mainTownHistoricalFrenchSide Basseterre ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Christopher ⓘ
otherColonialPowerOnIsland England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
partOf Antilles françaises ⓘ
French West Indies ⓘ
linked to: Antilles
presentDayName Saint Kitts ⓘ
Saint Kitts (part of Saint Kitts and Nevis) ⓘ
region West Indies ⓘ
religionColonialAdministration Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sharedWith English colony of Saint Christopher ⓘ
strategicRole major French base in the Lesser Antilles in the 17th century ⓘ
treatyAffectingStatus Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
usedNameLanguage French ⓘ

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