Wars effecting the Colonial West Indies

From 1630 to 1715 there was always some sort of armed conflict disrupting the peacefull development of the West Indies. In the Early years the Dutch, English and French often cooperated in curtailing Spanish control of the Caribbean and the developing Slave Trade.

With the effective reduction of Spanish power, the three european powers began to fight amongst themselves, often as a result of dynastic conflicts in Europe.

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