First colonized by French settlers in 1635, Guadeloupe remained a French colony for most of the early modern period, although it was occupied by the English for some time during the Seven Years War and during the French Revolutionary Wars.
First colonized by French settlers in 1635, Guadeloupe remained a French colony for most of the early modern period, although it was occupied by the English for some time during the Seven Years War and during the French Revolutionary Wars.
