Acadian Timeline 1713-1850

By reyesm26
  • War of Spanish Succession ends

    War of Spanish Succession ends

    The Treaty of Utrecht ended the war of the Spanish succession in 1713 making the Acadians British subjects Royale and Île Saint-Jean remain under the French
  • Fortress Louisbourg Begins to form

    Fortress Louisbourg Begins to form

    in 1719 Work begins on Fortress Louisbourg to protect the French It has become the most busiest ports in the Atlantic
  • Acadians start to sign oath of allegiance to the British

    Acadians start to sign oath of allegiance to the British

    In 1730 Most of the Acadians signed the oath of allegiances to the British. But they insisted they wouldn't fight the French and the Natives
  • Fortress Louisbourg Is Taken over to the British

    Fortress Louisbourg Is Taken over to the British

    in 1745 Fortress Louisbourg was taken over by the British forces.

  • Fortress Louisbourg Returns to the french

    In 1748 The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was the key part to Return the Fortress to the French in 1748
  • Halifax Is now established

    Halifax Is now established

    By 1749 Halifax engrained a solid colonized British presence on the Atlantic

  • Population reaches 10,000

    By 1750 the population went up to 10,000 Acadians in Nova Scotia
  • The Beginning of the French versus Indian war

    The Beginning of the French versus Indian war

    At the beginning of 1754 The British Came back to Demand a oath to the allegiance to the crown that include Fighting with them most of them Refused.
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    Acadians Deported To Quebec

    More than 6,000 Acadians were force to leave their homes and got Deported to Quebec , Britain and France Many put into Jail or died
  • Decision made to begin Expulsion

    Decision made to begin Expulsion

    Pressure from the British was hard Charles Lawrence and Nova scotia Council decided on July 28, 1755 to deport the Acadians But it began in August 11
  • Last Acadians deported

    Last Acadians deported

    The Expulsion did not end in 1755 Three Years later The Acadians who fled to St. Jean & Royale were founded and sent to france
  • Treaty Of Paris

    Treaty Of Paris

    When France Signed the Treaty Of Paris in 1763 it gave Britain possessions in North America except the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon and the coast of Newfoundland.
  • Acadians Slowly Return to their homes.

    Acadians Slowly Return to their homes.

    The British In 1764 Allowed small Isolated groups they Returned Slowly. in many locations on the land of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island.
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    Acadians settle in Louisiana

    from 1765 - 1785 3,000 Acadians travelled from France to live in Louisiana which had become a colony of Spain in 1763 over the generations they maintained the culture and language to some knowledge of it
  • Simon d’Entremont

    Simon d’Entremont

    in 1836 Simon d’Entremont was the first Acadian to be a dictated member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow publishes Evangeline

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow publishes Evangeline

    Famous American Poet Henry Wadsworth makes Evangeline based on the deportation in 1755 It was eventually translated in over 130 languages The Entire Globe Learned the horrors that happened to Acadians people.