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→The British Deported French Colonists from Acadia
By 1755, British Governor Charles Lawrence decided that the French Acadians represented a significant risk to the British colony. After the French colonists refused to pledge an oath to Britain, Lawrence decided to deport the colonists from the territory. Lawrence seized all of the colonists' property, burned their crops, and forced the colonists at the point of bayonets to board ships bound for the southern British colonies. In the first wave of deportations, over 1,000 Acadians were deported. This forced exodus continued until 1763. Bu 1763, over 10,000 Acadians were forcibly deported by the British. Thousands of the Acadians died [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-deportation-of-the-acadians-feature#:~:text=Between%201755%20and%201763%2C%20approximately,in%20France%20or%20the%20Caribbean.&text=Back%20in%20Nova%20Scotia%2C%20the,by%20settlers%20from%20New%20England.| during this deportation].
The Acadians were scattered across the British colonies, and some made their way to Louisiana. The term Cajun is a reference to their original homes. By 1764, the British reversed their policy and allowed the French colonists to return to Acadia. Unfortunately, their previous homes and lands had already been seized and handed over to British colonists by this time. The ones that returned were forced to start over. This mass deportation has been referred to as both the Acadian Expulsion and the Great Upheaval.
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