French Mississippi Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/French_Mississippi_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Company_of_the_West
gptkb:Compagnie_d'Occident
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:French_Crown
gptkbp:charteredBy Regent of France
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:dissolved 1731
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:John_Law
gptkbp:foundedIn 1717
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French Mississippi Company
gptkbp:industry gptkb:colonialism
finance
trade
gptkbp:mainActivity colonial trade
monopoly on trade in Louisiana
gptkbp:mergedInto Compagnie Perpétuelle des Indes
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Mississippi_Bubble
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Law
gptkb:Philippe_II,_Duke_of_Orléans
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Banque_Générale
gptkbp:purpose develop French colonies in North America
raise funds for French government debt
gptkbp:relatedEvent collapse of the Mississippi Bubble
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:South_Sea_Company
gptkb:Compagnie_des_Indes
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:Mississippi_Valley
gptkb:French_Louisiana
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dutch_Illinois_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7