1. The Acadians

2. French and Indian War Begins 1756
England worried about the French Acadians of Acadia the newly acquired land from the colonial war.
Acadians refuse to swear allegiance to the King of England because they did not want to fight against their brothers.

3. Le Grand Derangement
1755 forced to leave Acadia (Nova Scotia)

5. The Great Upheaval

6. 1755 Louisiana under French control
Not wanted= uneducated, poor, compete for few jobs
Sent to the 13 English colonies, Caribbean, some went inland to other parts of Canada
Destinations for deported Acadians Colony # of Exiles Massachusetts 2000 Virginia 1100 Maryland Connecticut 700 Pennsylvania 500 North Carolina 500 South Carolina 500 Georgia 400 New York 250 TOTAL England 866 France 3,500 TOTAL 11, 316

7. Acadians find refuge in Spanish Louisiana
1769 being exiled and not wanted finally find a home where they are wanted.
,000 Acadians are now apart of the Louisiana heritage and settle within what we now call the Acadiana Parishes (Cajun Triangle.)
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8. Acadian Deportation
“That your Lands and Tenements, Cattle of all kinds and livestock of all sortes are forfitted to the Crown with all other your effects saving your money and household goods and you your selves to be removed this his Province.”
From The Deportation Order
By: Lt. Colonel John Winslow
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