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Great Expulsion

Expulsion of the Acadians
Part of French and Indian War
A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grymross, by Thomas Davies, 1758.JPG
St. John River Campaign: "A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grimross" (1758)
Watercolor by Thomas Davies
Date August 10, 1755 – July 11, 1764
Location Canada's Maritimes
Result Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
Burying the Hatchet Ceremony
Forced Displacement of Acadian Populace
Belligerents

 Great Britain

 France

Wabanaki Confederacy

Commanders and leaders
Robert Monckton
George Scott
Joseph Gorham
Moses Hazen
Benoni Danks
Silvanus Cobb
Charles Lawrence
Alexander Murray
John Winslow
Andrew Rollo
James Wolfe
James Murray
Naval Captain John Rous
Charles Hardy
Montague Wilmot
Jedidiah Preble
Roger Morris
Joseph Broussard (Beausoleil)
Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot
Father Pierre Maillard
Chief Jean-Baptiste Cope
Joseph-Nicolas Gautier's sons
Chief Étienne Bâtard
Pierre II Surette
Prudent Robichaud
Joseph LeBlanc
Alexandre Bourg
Joseph Godin
Father Jacques Manach
Units involved
40th Regiment
22nd Regiment
43rd Regiment
Gorham's Rangers
Danks' Rangers
Acadian militia
Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq militia and Maliseet militia)
Troupes de la marine

 Great Britain

 France

Wabanaki Confederacy

The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, was the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people from the present day Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island —an area also known as Acadia. The Expulsion (1755–1764) occurred during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War) and was part of the British military campaign against New France. The British first deported Acadians to the Thirteen Colonies, and after 1758 transported additional Acadians to Britain and France. In all, of the 14,100 Acadians in the region, approximately 11,500 Acadians were deported. (A census of 1764, indicates that 2,600 Acadians remained in the colony, presumably having eluded capture.)


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