The Acadian Expulsion of 1755 and the Deportation That Changed North America

From The Collector

During the French and Indian War, the Acadian people of the northeastern Canadian provinces suffered a brutal mass displacement due to their support of the French war effort. It became one of the most infamous events of colonial Canadian history.

In 1604, the first French settlement in Canada was founded on Île Sainte-Croix. The settlement was soon moved to Port Royal and became a center for French colonialism in the region. Many settlers from the western regions of France arrived in the area in a quest to improve their livelihoods.