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The history of the Americas, from their discovery by Columbus till the founding of
modern nation states, has been the struggle among European powers for the largest and
richest sections of the continents. In particular, England and France have struggled for
control of most of North America. Many tragedies and disasters have marked this conflict,
but few have been as heartrendering as the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755.
Acadia refers to what are now the Maritime Provinces of Canada New Brunswick,
Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. In 1605, a French expedition under De Monts and
Champlain established an agricultural settlement at PortRoyal in present day Nova
Scotia. Although PortRoyal and other colonies had very mixed success, there was a
gradual increase of French settlement through the seventeenth century. By 1710, the
French, or Acadian, population had reached 2,100.
In 1710, PortRoyal fell to the English, and the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 confirmed British
ownership of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. By this treaty, the Acadians, that is the
Frenchspeaking inhabitants, were allowed to stay or leave the country as they pleased.
The majority of inhabitants of Acadia were French and were still being influenced by
agents from France and Quebec. This made their loyalty to Britain very doubtful in time
of war. Governor Philipps attempted to get the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to
King George of England. And Philipps was able in 1729 to get the French settlers to
agree to a modified oath, with the understanding that they would not have to fight
against the French and their Indian allies.
The Acadians remained neutral during the fighting between Britain and France in 174445
in Nova Scotia. In 1749, the British established a new capital for Nova Scotia at Halifax,
and began to bring in Englishspeaking settlers. Because of threats from the French and
Indians, most of these settlers remained close to Halifax.
British skirmishes with the French and Indians continued, and a new war between France
and England was approaching. Governor Lawrence decided that it was time to settle the
Acadian question. He ordered the Acadians either to take an unqualified oath of
allegiance to England, or to face expulsion from the colony. At that time, in 1755, there
were troops and ships from New England in the area, and it seemed like an opportune
time to round up the Acadians and ship them out.
When the Acadians refused to take the oath which might oblige them to fight against
France, the British rounded up about 6,000 of the 8,000 Acadians, burned their homes,
and shipped them away to the British colonies of Virginia, the Carolinas, and as far as
the mouth of the Mississippi River. Several of the transport ships sank, drowning all on
board, and the Acadians died from disease and hardship.
Since the expulsion order did not come from London, it has been suggested that
Governor Lawrence had personal reasons for the expulsion. He may have been greedy
for the land and possessions confiscated from the Acadians. Others say that there was
the genuine fear for the English position in North America, and that Lawrence was only
protecting the interests of the colony.
Acadians still live in Maritime Canada today. Almost 2,000 fled into the woods and eluded
the roundup. Another 2,000 Acadians later returned from exile to take the oath of
allegiance.
Many stories were told of their sufferings. One tale relates how on the very day of his
wedding, a bridegroom was seized by the British and transported from the colony. His
bride wandered for many years through the American colonies trying to find him. At last,
when she was old, she found him on his deathbed. The shock of finding him, and his
death, soon caused her death. This is the story of Henry W. Longfellow's poem
Evangeline.

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