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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