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Under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), the British had gained control of the Atlantic maritime peninsula of Nova Scotia, the home to thousands of French-speaking farmers and fishermen. The locals referred to themselves as Acadiens, in English, Acadians, and to their homeland as Acadie.
From the beginning of the war the British officials harbored doubts about the Acadians’ loyalties and settled upon a policy of forced relocation for those unwilling to take an oath of loyalty to the British crown and renounce Catholicism. Families were uprooted, husbands were sometimes separated from wives and the bulk of their personal property was destroyed or left behind. Transport ships filled with the Acadians sailed for the 13 colonies to the south, the West Indies and even to France to discharge their cargoes.
One group of Acadian refugees settled in Louisiana, an area with a strong French influence and a Roman Catholic majority. These newcomers became known as the “Cajuns,” a corruption of the French word Acadiens.
This event was memorialized in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, Evangeline.
The expulsion of the Acadians
John's River. As the hostility of the Acadians to British rule continued unabated, and as their presence endangered the security of the province, it was resolved to remove them and endeavor to replace them by settlers loyal to the Britishthe Acadians to British rule continued unabated, and as their presence endangered the security of the province, it was resolved to remove them and endeavor to replace them by settlers loyal to the British government.
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Louisiana French Music: The Heart & Soul of Acadiana
... over dancers' shuffling feet.In the 1750s, the British took over Acadia, and the Acadians were forced to leave. Many escaped to Louisiana, where other French-speaking people already lived. The people from Canada were known as "Cajuns"the Acadians were forced to leave. Many escaped to Louisiana, where other French-speaking people already lived. The people from Canada were known as "Cajuns" (if you ...
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