SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Question
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Take the oath of neutrality
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Take the oath of allegiance
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Build the British digues
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Speak English rather than French
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Detailed explanation-1: -In meetings with Acadians in July 1755 in Halifax, Lawrence pressed the delegates to take an unqualified oath of allegiance to Britain. When they refused, he imprisoned them and gave the fateful order for deportation.
Detailed explanation-2: -British-Acadian Relations after 1713 However, in 1730, the Acadians took a neutrality oath. This oath stated that the Acadians would remain neutral if there was a war between the British and the French. The British and the French built fortresses and naval bases in the area in the 1740s and 1750s.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British did not directly deport Acadians to Louisiana. Following the expulsion by the British from their home, Acadians found their way to many friendly locales, including France. Acadians left France, under the influence of Henri Peyroux de la Coudreniere, to settle in Louisiana, which was then a colony of Spain.