Mr. Speaker. the Great Upheaval. also known as the Great Expulsion. was the eviction of the Acadian population from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 1763. In 1755. colonial authorities began a process of uprooting and deporting 10.000 men. women. and children who had settled on British land. British Lieutenant Governor Charles Lawrence and Massachusetts Governor William Shirley began by seizing colonists firearms to prevent them from using force to resist. Then they took a large number of men hostage in order to guarantee the docility of their families at the at the time of deportation. Approximately threequarters of the total Acadian population was deported. Some were sent to England. others to France. and still others to the area that was to become Louisiana. During the campaign against the Acadians. property was plundered. communities were torched. lands were seized. and thousands of Acadian lives were claimed. 0i 1445 Over several generations after the Great Upheaval. the presence of Acadians in Louisiana grew. and their descendants helped to form the nucleus of Louisianas Cajun life and culture. 1.
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