In 1625 the french came to establish a colony at St. Kitts (an island). From here they sail to Hispanola, which was fairly populated by the spanish. They then continued north to Tortuga. The French began to set up plantations and increase their numbers in St. Kitts and Nevis were attacked in 1629 by Spanish forces under the command of Don Fabriquede Toledo. Toledo then attacked Tortuga in 1630. The govenor of Tortuga was Anthony Hilton.

The French request a govenor from the Govenor of St. Kitts. The govenor sends them Jean Le Vasseur built Fort de Rocher on a rocky outcrop in a natural harbor. Tortuga, from then on, is used by privateers and pirates regularly as a base of operations.

Captain Nicholas Riskinner arrives in 1635 to take up as Govenor of the English Colony, Tortuga. Apparently, Riskinner was a scoundrel; he took control of Richard Lanes vesselon route to the island Provence.  For some time slaves had been imported to work on plantations. Despite the fact that colonists should distribute slaves evenly and treat them well. This experiment faltered in 1635. Slaves were out of control on Tortuga and the slaves employers were dispersed because of fraud and mismanagement. As a result, in 1635, Tortuga was attacked by Captain Gregorio de Castellar y Mantilla.

In 1660, the French attack the Spaniards in Tortuga, they take posession of the islandto use again for piracy and privateering. Most Buccaneers from Tortuga and then return to gamble and drink their rewards awayin a matter of days.

In 1680, laws were made that any English Raven siling under a foreign flag were considered felons. Several Englishmen were hung for attacking Dutch ships. Increasingly, ships were atacked by buccaneers all over. In 1684, the Treaty of Ratisbone, between France and Spain was signed. The buccaneers were still at it in 1684. By 1688, the same year in which Henry Morgan dies in Jamaica, the age of Buccaneers in Trotuga was over.