Invasion of Dominica
- When
- 1778
- Where
- island of Dominica, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles
- Episodes
- 1
In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, French forces with local cooperation began recapturing Dominica from Britain, which had seized the island in 1761. The supplied passages confirm the French re-capture of Dominica in 1778 but do not confirm a specific September 7 date or the capture of a British fort.
Episodes
Background and detail
Background. Britain had conquered Dominica in 1761, during the Seven Years' War, when an expedition led by Andrew Rollo took the island along with several other Caribbean possessions. The island lies in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.
French Recapture of 1778. In 1778 the French, with the active cooperation of the island's population, began the re-capture of Dominica. The same year, the 1778 Treaty of Alliance bound the United States to protect the French West Indies in return for French support in the American Revolutionary War, situating the action within the wider Franco-American alignment.
Aftermath. The French hold on the island ended in 1783, when the second Treaty of Paris returned Dominica to British control. The island's population, especially the gens de couleur libres, subsequently resisted British restrictions.
People involved
- France · attacking power that began the re-capture of Dominica
- Dominica's population · local inhabitants actively cooperating with the French re-capture
- Britain · power holding Dominica since its 1761 conquest
Sources
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