SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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They knew that more French soldiers were being stationed at Louisbourg.
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A new war had broken out in Europe between Britain and France
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They knew that more French soldiers were being stationed at Halifax.
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A new war had broken out in Europe between Britain and Germany.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Once the Acadians refused to sign an oath of allegiance to Britain, which would make them loyal to the crown, the British Lieutenant Governor, Charles Lawrence, as well as the Nova Scotia Council on July 28, 1755 made the decision to deport the Acadians. The British deportation campaigns began on August 11, 1755.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1755 and 1763, approximately 10, 000 Acadians were deported. 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-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -They feared it would require them to give up the independence they had begun to enjoy, and that it might one day force them to fight against France. Also, they didn’t want to make promises to a government that they hoped might not be around for long.