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Though the French initially colonised the area, various treaties traded possession of the region between the British and French through the 1600s and beyond. The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 cemented the Acadians as British subjects. They were forced to swear an oath in 1730 giving their allegiance to the British crown but with a caveat that they would not be forced to bear arms against the French or Indians. In 1754, the French and Indian War broke out and the Acadians were being forced to remove the caveat of fighting the French from their previous oath. The majority of Acadians refused.

Thousands of the French-speaking inhabitants were gathered together on ships and sent south, with some congregating in Cajun Louisiana, at the encouragement of the King of FranceLouis XV ( February 15, 1710 May 10, 1774) was king of France from 1715- 74. He was born at the Palace of Versailles. Until the royal legal age of maturity at fourteen, his uncle, Philippe d'Orleans, acted as Regent. Cardinal Fleury, until his death ( 174. The homes and farms around the Bay of FundyThe Bay of Fundy is a bay located on the Atlantic coast of Canada, on the north end of the Gulf of Maine between the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The name "Fundy" is thought to date back to the 16th century when the Portuguese referred to t were burned or given to English-speaking Protestant colonists. For example, on 4 June 1760Events January 9 Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat. March 20 The "Great Fire" of Boston destroys 349 buildings. June 4 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia Canada taken from the Acadians. July 8 French an New England planters arrived to claim land in Nova Scotia taken from the Acadians.

The following table presents figures on the deportation of the Acadians:

Table source: R.A. LEBLANC. Les migrations acadiennes, in Cahiers de géographie du Québec, vol. 23, no 58, april 1979, p. 99-124.

The deportation was commemorated in 1847Events January 4 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. January 13 The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California. January 16 John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem Evangeline. In December 2003, Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, representing Canada's head of state, declared the Crown's acknowledgement (but without an apology) of the event and designated July 28 as "A Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval.