Acadian Timeline

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Acadian Timeline

• Canadian History 11

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Timeline Activity

• In groups of 5
• I would like you to collaborate with your group
  members and create an accurate timeline with the
  27 items given to you about Acadians.

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Timeline Activity

• When you are finished you can place your version
  of the time line on the timeline at the front of
  the classroom.
• We will see who wins ! ?

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Anwsers

• 1604- French Presence in the New world
• 1605- Chaplain moves to Port Royal
• In August 1605 Champlain moved to Port Royal (now
  Annapolis Royal), a community that was to become
  Acadias major town. In only a few years Acadian
  settlements spread throughout the Atlantic
  region.
• 1632- Core group of settlers arrives
• From 1632 until 1653 the core group of settlers
  arrived. Ownership of the Acadian colonies was
  tossed back and forth between the French and the
  English.
• 1654- French settlement ceases

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• 1671- First Acadian census
• The first Acadian Census took place in Port Royal
  in 1671. One of the first in Canada, the total
  count was 392 people, 482 cattle, and 524 sheep!
  In the 1680s and 1690s many people left Port
  Royal and settled other areas
• 1713- Spanish War of Succession ends
• The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish
  Succession in 1713, making the Acadians in Nova
  Scotia permanent British subjects, while Île
  Royale (Cape Breton) and Île Saint-Jean (Prince
  Edward Island) remained French.
• 1719- Work begins on the Fortress of Louisburg
• 1745- Louisburg fall to the British

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• 1748- Louisburg is returned to the French
• The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
• 1749- Halifax is established
• Engrained a solid colonized British presence
• 1750- Acadian population reached 10,000
• 1754- Beginning of the French Indian War
• At the beginning of the French and Indian War of
  1754, the British government demanded that
  Acadians take an oath of allegiance to the Crown
  that included fighting against the French. Most
  of them refused.

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• 1755- Decision was made to begin the Expulsion
• British Governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova
  Scotia Council decided on July 28, 1755 to deport
  the Acadians. Although Grand Pré to this day is
  the most well known symbol of the expulsion, it
  actually began at Fort Beauséjour on August 11.
• 6,000 Acadians were forcibly removed from their
  colonies.
• British military ordered the Acadians'
  communities to be destroyed and homes and barns
  were burned down.
• 1758- Last Acadians were deported
• The Grand Dérangement displaced from 10,000 to
  18,000 Acadians. Thousands more were killed.
• 1763- Signing of the Treaty of Paris
• 1764- Acadians slowly return

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• 1765- Acadians settle in Louisiana
• 3,000 Acadians traveled from France to settle in
  Louisiana. Louisiana was then a colony of Spain,
  but the Acadians managed to retain their French
  culture.
• Cajuns
• 1847- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow publishes
  Evangeleine
• The world discovered the tragic history of the
  Acadian people, as Évangéline became a folk hero.
• 1864- St. Josephs College is Founded
• Became the first higher educational institution
  in Acadia

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• 1881- First Acadian Convention is established
• In 1881 the first Acadian Convention established
  August 15th as National Acadian Day, and three
  years later at the second Acadian Convention, an
  Acadian flag, and a National anthem were adopted.
• 1890- St. Annes College is founded
• 1901- 45,000 people of French origin in Nova
  Scotia
• 10 of the total population

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• 1963- U de M is founded
• Most of today's Acadians live in New Brunswick,
  P.E.I. and Nova Scotia, with some in parts of
  Maine and Quebec. While there are continuing
  struggles against assimilation and attempts to
  keep the French language alive, Acadians have
  increasing control over their education. In 1963,
  the Université de Moncton was founded and became
  the largest Francophone higher educational
  institution outside Quebec.
• 1994- First Acadian World Congress
• Acadians from throughout the world showed
  incredible interest in their family genealogy.
• 1999- World Congress held in Lafayette Louisiana
  

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• 2003- Wrongs against the Acadians are recognized
• There have been attempts to have the Grand
  Derangement officially recognized. In December
  2003, the federal government agreed to issue a
  proclamation in the name of the Queen recognizing
  the wrongs the Acadians suffered during the
  deportations.
• 2004- World Congress in NS
• The year 2004 marks the 400th anniversary of the
  founding of Acadie, and the establishment of the
  first French permanent settlement in North
  America at Saint Croix Island.