Acadia and the Great Deportation

Acadia and the Great Deportation
Acadia was originally the Mi’kmaqs homeland until they established a trading partnership with the French and allowed them to settle on their lands. For both Britain and France Acadia was a good base for attacking each other and it was also good for protecting their colonies and trade routes. For the Mi’kmaq Acadia was just part of their homeland. The French and the Mi’kmaq got along well together. The two became allies together, but the Mi’kmaq did not consider themselves conquered by the French.
France had settlements in Acadia since 1604. These people called themselves the Acadians. They formed closely together with the Mi’kmaq and they had marriages between the two groups.
In 1713 Britain had taken control over Acadia. They won a war against the France in Europe (The war of the Spanish Succession). Part of the deal was who ever won the war would gain control of Acadia. Britain did not want to make allies with the Mi’kmaq so they tried to push them off their land. They wanted the Acadians to leave within a year. But most Acadians did not want to give up their land so they stayed. In 1720, France built a huge military base, called Louisbourg. At the time it was part of Acadia that France said it still controlled. Britain responded 29 years later in 1749 with a military base of its own.
In 1730, Britain made the Acadian’s   take an oath. The oath was that they required the Acadians to stay neutral if a war between France and Britain started. The Acadians accepted the oath. In 1755 they needed the Acadians to accept another oath. This time it was the “oath of allegiance”. The Oath required that the Acadians would fight for the Britain against the French. The Acadians refused and the British decided to deport the Acadians. Some Acadian’s escaped to New France and some found protection with the Mi’kmaq.
Between 1755 and 1763 Britain captured eleven thousand Acadians and sent them to the thirteen colonies, to England and France....