SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Fiji (off the coast of the Pacific)
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Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island)
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Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island)
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The small islands near the Northwest Territories
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Detailed explanation-1: -More worryingly for the British authorities, some Acadians threatened to migrate north to French-controlled regions, including the Saint John River, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island), the coasts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Canada.
Detailed explanation-2: -Acadians were shipped to many points around the Atlantic. Large numbers were deported to the continental colonies, others to France. Some managed to escape to New France (Quebec). A handful arrived in the Upper Saint John Valley.
Detailed explanation-3: -They were shipped to many points around the Atlantic. Large numbers were landed in the English colonies, others in France or the Caribbean. Thousands died of disease or starvation in the squalid conditions on board ship.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish offered the Acadians lowlands along the Mississippi River in order to block British expansion from the east. Some would have preferred Western Louisiana, where many of their families and friends had settled. In addition, that land was more suitable to mixed crops of agriculture.