History
From 1000 to 1400 coming from the continent the same way as their predecessors, the caribbeans people are more conquering & agressive. They exterminated the Arawaks and enslaved their wifes.

On june 15th 1502, during his 4th travel, Christopher Colombus reached the isle of Carbet. During almost one century, the isle was uninhabited. History had to wait for the arrival of Belain D'Esnambuc in 1635 to see its first colonial war. A long business period began with the occidental Indies, Africa and Europe which imported millions of slaves into the plantations.

The Edict of police 1685, more known under the name of "black code" describes the laws which ruled the exploitation of slaves, considered as furniture.
In 1635, the Company of the Isles of America took possession of Guadeloupe, Martinique and their dependancies. After its bankruptcy, Guadeloupe is rebought by Du Parquet, lord and owner of the island to whom we owe the production of sugar-cane in the West Indies.

Then France under Louis XIV rebought Guadeloupe and donated it to the Company of India. In 1674, it Bankruptcy led Martinique back to the royal property. Many whites ethnies immigrated to the West Indies to try and make their fortune.

At the end of seven years of war, England occupied the West Indies. The treaty of Paris gave back Guadeloupe and Martinique to France (per contra Canada). The West Indies owned then a comfortable income thanks to the export and business of its sugar & coffee all over Europe.

Between 1789 & 1793, royalists & republicans took turns for power following the English attack of 1794, the island belonged to Great Britain until 1802, when the Treaty of Amiens gave back Martinique to Bonaparte who, influenced by his wife, reestablished slavery and suppressed back the rights for colored people.

In 1848, slavery was definitively abolished under the authority of Victor Schoelcher. The denial of old slaves to go on working in the plantations obliged the owners to hire free workers, mostly Tamil-Indians. But then, the added charges of the salaries and the cultuvation of sugar-beet in Europe weakened the profitability of sugar exploitation. Rum offered an alternative to the last farmers of sugar-cane.

After some bounds, the "Pelée mountain" exploded and its burning clouds spread over Saint Pierre, destroying the boats of the bay and decimated over 30000 inhabitants. Entirely destroyed, the city of Saint Pierre gave up the name of Capital city of the island and gave it to Fort-de-France.