Al final de les Guerres Napoleòniques la majoria de les colònies de França van ser restaurades per l'Imperi Britànic, en particular, Guadalupe i Martinica en les Antilles, la Guaiana Francesa a la costa d'Amèrica del Sud, diversos llocs comercials al Senegal, l'illa Bourbon (Reunió) a l'Oceà Índic, i unes petites possessions a les Índies de França.
At the close of the Napoleonic Wars, most of France's colonies were restored to it by Britain, notably Guadeloupe and Martinique in the West Indies, French Guiana on the coast of South America, various trading posts in Senegal, the Île Bourbon (Réunion) in the Indian Ocean, and France's tiny Indian possessions; however, Britain finally annexed Saint Lucia, Tobago, the Seychelles, and the Isle de France (now Mauritius).WikiMatrix WikiMatrix