Tobago – Recolonization (Analytic History of Tobago Book 8)

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Whereas the colonization of Tobago all the way through the 17th century had many bumps and starts, the recolonization of the island in the 18th century used to be less complicated. Following an attempt by Sweden in 1732, the next step to resettle Tobago occurred in 1748. French subjects started settling on the island, first unofficially and then officially. When the British regarded as that a gradual recolonization of Tobago by the French had gone far enough they stepped in and seized the island. The attempted recolonization of Tobago by the French in 1748 occurred whilst The War of Austrian Succession used to be in progress.

ATTEMPTED COLONIZATION IN 1748

The War of Austrian Succession (1740 – 1748), pitted all of the major forces of Europe on one side or the other. Old arch-enemies the British and the Dutch were on the same side whilst France and Spain were on the other. This war ended in 1748 with the signing of the Second Peace Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, and at that signing Tobago’s status as a neutral island again came into question. The final decision used to be that the island used to be to remain neutral and open to only the Caribs. This issue came up because shortly before this Second Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle used to be signed, France had violated the Treaty of Ryswick by sending settlers to Tobago.

Around 1740, British and French subjects started moving to neutral islands in the Caribbean. They did in an effort to evade the law and taxes. But, in 1748 a group of French subjects moved onto Tobago in a more formal way. The Governor of Martinique, Marquis de Caylus, dispatched 300 settlers to Tobago under the protection of four battle ships. The British objected. Governor Grenville of Barbados raised the objection on behalf of Britain. On January 26, 1748, Grenville cited the Treaty of Ryswick and stated “The vicinity of this island is such that in times of war it would cut-off the trade here by hostilities, its fertility is such that in times of peace it is going to outdo this island by its crops”. In response to Grenville, France disavowed knowledge of the actions of Governor Marquis de Caylus and acceded to the British protest by ordering their governor to take away French settlers from Tobago.

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