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    The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal between 1755 and 1764 by Britain of inhabitants of the North American region historically known as...
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    French and Indian War, the Mi'kmaq assisted the Acadians in resisting the British during the Expulsion of the Acadians. Many Acadians might have signed an...
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    War—resulted in the British Expulsion of the Acadians from the region. After the war, many Acadians came out of hiding or returned to Acadia from the British...
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    her search for her lost love Gabriel during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians. The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend Nathaniel...
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  • "Meeting of the waters". The first European settlers in the Tatamagouche area were the French Acadians, who settled the area in the early 18th century, and...
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    Acadia (redirect from History of Acadia)
    Acadians to return to Nova Scotia. However, most of the fertile former Acadian lands were now occupied by British colonists. The returning Acadians settled...
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    Fort Lawrence (Nova Scotia) (category Military history of the Thirteen Colonies)
    Acadians refused, preferring to stay neutral. In August 1755, the British Expulsion of the Acadians began with the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755). The order...
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    Cajuns (category Acadian history)
    organization Expulsion of the Acadians Acadians French Americans French Canadians French language in the United States Louisiana Creole people University of Louisiana...
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    Acadian French (French: français acadien, acadjonne) is a variety of French spoken by Acadians, mostly in the region of Acadia, Canada. Acadian French...
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    colony of Nova Scotia in 1755 following the Expulsion of the Acadians. Present-day Sackville is in the Mi’kmaq district of Siknikt (to which the place...
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    considered part of the Acadian Peninsula. Most settlement in the peninsula occurred as a result of the Expulsion of the Acadians during the Gulf of St. Lawrence...
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    In 1755, the British captured Fort Beauséjour on the border separating Nova Scotia from Acadia, and they ordered the expulsion of the Acadians (1755–64)...
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    Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) (category Acadian history)
    and subsequently governor of Nova Scotia, is perhaps best known for overseeing the Expulsion of the Acadians and settling the New England Planters in Nova...
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    Canso, Nova Scotia (category 1604 establishments in the French colonial empire)
    defended primarily by Acadians. There were approximately 300 Acadians in the area. On board HMS Squirrel, Southack killed numerous Acadians and imprisoned others...
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    Fort Coenraadsburg. The area is now part of the Central Region of Ghana. October 12 – Having completed the Expulsion of the Acadians from St. John's Island...
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    Fort Beauséjour (category Forts or trading posts on the National Historic Sites of Canada register)
    Beauséjour, and the British used this as a reason to begin the Expulsion of the Acadians. Acadian homes were burnt to prevent their return. As the British army...
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    Bécancour, Quebec (category Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River)
    in the aftermath of Father Rale's War. There was a small migration of Acadians to the village (1759), after the British began the Expulsion of the Acadians...
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  • The Expulsion may refer to: The Expulsion (film), a 1923 silent German drama film Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced removal by the British of the...
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  • particularly the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755). Acadians were imprisoned in the fort as they were notified about the expulsion. Acadians numbering in the thousands...
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  • Francophones and Acadians in the province of New Brunswick. The Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB), known in English as the Acadian Society of New Brunswick...
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  • landmarks. Maitland was first settled by the Acadians. After the Acadian expulsion from the region (1750), the village was eventually settled by Ulster...
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    and Maryland. The Expulsion of the Acadians from Hants County began at exactly the same time as it happened at Grand-Pré, with the Acadian men being imprisoned...
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    on the chorus. The song is a portrayal of the troubled history of Nova Scotia and Acadia. Specifically, it is about the Expulsion of the Acadians during...
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  • Portapique (category Populated places established in the 1760s)
    of an Acadian settlement called Porcepic or Vil Port-au-pique named after porcupines in the area. After the Expulsion of the Acadians in 1755, the community...
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    Port-Royal (Acadia) (category Acadian history)
    founded, Acadians spread out from the capital to found the other major Acadian settlements established before the Expulsion of the Acadians: Grand-Pré...
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    Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia. The British began the Expulsion of the Acadians with the Bay of Fundy campaign in 1775. Over the next nine years...
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    Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot (category Military history of the Thirteen Colonies)
    member of the Compagnies Franches de la Marine and was a significant leader of the Acadian militia's resistance to the Expulsion of the Acadians. He settled...
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  • Joseph Broussard (category Acadian people)
    Broussard became the leader of the Acadian resistance to the expulsion of the Acadians (1755–1764), leading assaults against the British on several...
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    Tintamarre (category Acadian culture)
    Charivari. In 1955, during the commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the Expulsion of the Acadians, the Archbishop of Moncton, Norbert Robichaud...
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    deporting Acadians from the region. Once the first wave of the Expulsion of the Acadians began in mainland Nova Scotia, Acadians arrived on the Island as...
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