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| Total population: | 1997: 300,000 [1] | |
| Significant populations in: | New Brunswick: 240,000 Nova Scotia: 30,000 Prince Edward Island: 6,000 Quebec: XXXX Maine: XXXX | |
| Language | Acadian French (a dialect of French) and/or English; some areas speak Chiac; those who have resettled to Quebec typically speak Quebec French. | |
| Religion | Predominantly Roman Catholic. | |
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During the 17th century about a hundred French families were established in AcadiaThere is a also a U. national park called Acadia National Park . national flag of Acadia, adopted in 1884. Acadia (in French Acadie , named after the mythical Arcadia, was the name given by the French to a territory including today's Canadian Maritime pro. The Acadians avoided the disputes between the French and the British and developed friendly relations with the Aboriginal Mi'kmaqThe Mi'kmaq (also Mikmaq, Micmac are a First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England and Canada's Maritimes. They have a population of about 20,000 of whom approximately one-third still speak the Algonquian Mi'kmaq language. In the Canadian, learning their hunting and fishing techniques.
The Acadians became British subjects when France ceded AcadiaThere is a also a U. national park called Acadia National Park . national flag of Acadia, adopted in 1884. Acadia (in French Acadie , named after the mythical Arcadia, was the name given by the French to a territory including today's Canadian Maritime pro by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713)The Treaties of Utrecht ( April 11, 1713) were signed in Utrecht, a city of the United Provinces. Along with the Treaties of Rastatt and Baden, this concluded the War of the Spanish Succession (as well as Queen Anne's War). Was the final of Louis XIV's co, and Acadia became known as Nova Scotia. When the French and Indian War began in 1754, the British government, doubting the neutrality of the Acadians, demanded that the they take an oath of allegiance to the Crown. Most Acadians refused.
British Governor Charles Lawrence decided to deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia without giving his colleagues any notice. His army destroyed around 6000 Acadian houses and dispersed the Acadians to the 13 colonies from Massachusetts to Georgia. Several of these colonies refused to take in any refugees; such was the case with Virginia, which deported the Acadians to England and France.
This ethnic cleansing has been referred to as the Great Expulsion (Grand Dérangement) of 1755. In 2003, at the request of Acadian representatives, Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, issued a proclamation officially acknowledging the deportation and establishing July 28 as a day of commemoration. [2] The day of commemoration is observed by the Canadian government, as the successor to the British, but not by the British government which carried out the expulsion.
Families were separated and sent by ship into exile, where one third perished. Many, however, managed to hide in the woods or return to their homes over the following decades.
In 1764 the war was over, and the Acadians were granted permission to return to Nova Scotia; however, they were prohibited from settling in any one area in large numbers. Some Acadians therefore spread out along the Nova Scotia coast and remain scattered across Nova Scotia to this day.
Other Acadians sought refuge in France, especially in the slums of Nantes and on Belle-Isle off Brittany. The French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon near Newfoundland became a safe harbour for many Acadian families until they were once again deported by the British in 1778 and 1793.
The Acadians virtually disappeared from history for a century after the Grand Dérangement, but they survived and experienced a minor cultural and political revolution in the 1880s.
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