The Dutch loss of Brazil in 1654 favoured the resettlement of Dutch merchants along the Wild Coast and in the Lesser Antilles and the establishment of new colonies. Cayenne Island was one of them. One WIC patent was handed to Jan Claes Langedijck, who settled at the former French fort of Cépérou, and another patent was given to David Nassy, who settled in the Anse de Rémire, situated at the opposite part of the former island. Both colonies were taken by the French in May 1664 as part of the imperial French expansion under King Louis XIV and Jean-Baptist Colbert. It is argued here that the main French goal was to gain control of the sugar plantations of the Sephardic community located there, and, to a lesser extent, the much-desired territorial control of this region as proposed by the newly established French West India Company. The Dutch were aware of the attack, but could not intervene as it was already too late to send support to the poorly defended Cayenne colony. Both parties negotiated the take-over and the majority of the Dutch settlers stayed under French rule, as was suggested by the Dutch government and hoped for by the French.

1654年荷兰人对巴西的失去，有利于荷兰商人在狂野海岸和小安的列斯群岛的重新定居，并建立了新的殖民地。卡宴岛就是其中之一。一份WIC专利移交给了定居在法国前塞佩洛要塞的Jan Claes Langedijck，另一项专利授予了安纳·德·勒米雷（Anse deRémire）的大卫·纳西（David Nassy），后者位于前岛的对面。1664年5月，法国人占领了这两个殖民地，这是法国国王路易十四和让·巴蒂斯特·科尔伯特（Jean-Baptist Colbert）统治下法国帝国扩张的一部分。这里有人争论说，法国的主要目标是控制那里的Sephardic社区的食糖种植园，并在较小程度上控制新成立的法国西印度公司提议的对该地区的领土控制。荷兰人知道这次袭击事件，但无法干预，因为为防御力差的卡宴殖民地提供支持已经为时已晚。双方通过谈判达成了接管协议，按照荷兰政府的建议，法国人希望，大多数荷兰定居者仍受法国统治。