They also worried that signing the oath might commit male Acadians to fight against France during wartime, and that it would be perceived by their Mi ' kmaq neighbours as an acknowledgment of the British claim to Acadia, putting Acadian villages at risk of attack from Mi ' kmaq.

This created a large anxiety against the French, which influenced the English to either deport many of the French, or as in the case of the Acadians, they migrated to Louisiana.

During this time period Acadians participated in various militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to the French Fortress of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour.

The New Englanders took six Acadian hostages, who would be executed if the Acadians or Mi ' kmaq rebelled against New England control.

During this time period Acadians participated in various militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to the French Fortress of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour.

During Queen Anne's War, some Acadians, the Wabanaki Confederacy and the French Priests participated again in defending Acadia at its border against New England.

During the escalation that preceded Father Rale's War ( 1722 – 1725 ), some Acadians, the Wabanaki Confederacy and the French priests participated again in defending Acadia at its border against New England.

Fort George ( named after King George II of Great Britain ) is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was established during Father Le Loutre's War to protect the protestant settlers against raids by the French, Acadians, and Wabanaki Confederacy ( primary the Mi ' kmaq ).

During the French and Indian War ( which included the Expulsion of the Acadians ), there were nine Native and Acadian ( Catholic ) raids against the protestant settlers on the Lunenburg Peninsula.

The Acadians also refused overtures by the French to aid in military action against the British.

During this period, Acadians participated in various military operations against the British and maintained supply lines to the French fortresses of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour.

The Wabanaki Confederacy and Acadians fought against the British Empire in six wars, including the French and Indian Wars, Father Rale's War and Father Le Loutre's War, over a period of seventy-five years.

A priest, Father Sebastian Rale and Wabanaki Confederacy members from Acadia also participated in the 1723, 1724 campaigns along the border against the British, who had long threatened to remove the Acadians.

In 1749, Governor Cornwallis again asked the Acadians to take the oath and although he was unsuccessful, he took no drastic action against them.

During the expulsion, French Officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert led the Mi ' kmaq and the Acadians in a guerrilla war against the British.

Acadians being deported from Annapolis Royal on the ship Pembroke rebelled against the British crew, took over the ship and sailed to land.

Contrary to Governor Lawrence's direction, New England Ranger Danks engaged in frontier warfare against the Acadians.

Contrary to Governor Lawrence's direction, New England Ranger Lieutenant Hazen engaged in frontier warfare against the Acadians in what has become known as the " Ste Anne's Massacre ".

This account obscured the resistance that many Acadians demonstrated — both politically and militarily — against the British occupation of Acadia.

During the French and Indian War ( which included the Expulsion of the Acadians ), there were nine Native and Acadian ( Catholic ) raids against the protestant settlers on the Lunenburg Peninsula.

During King William's War, Church led four New England raiding parties into Acadia ( which included most of Maine ) against the Acadians and Native Americans.

The British used this fact against them and in August 1755, they began deporting Acadians under the orders of Charles Lawrence, now Governor of Nova Scotia.

During this time period Acadians participated in various militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to the French Fortress of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour.

In the late summer of 1758, the British launched three large offensives against the Acadians.

* 1755 – Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.

During the Seven Years ' War, the British sought to neutralize any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt the vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia.

The British began the Expulsion of the Acadians with the Bay of Fundy Campaign ( 1755 ).

* 1755 – British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.

Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France and England.

* 1755 – French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.

During the first 80 years the French and Acadians were in Nova Scotia, there were nine significant battles as the English and Scottish ( later British ), Dutch and French fought for possession of the colony.

Beginning with King Williams War in 1688, there were six wars in Nova Scotia before the British defeated the French, Acadians, and Mi ’ kmaq:

Despite the British Conquest of Acadia in 1710, Nova Scotia remained primarily occupied by Catholic Acadians and Mi ' kmaq.

During the French and Indian War ( part of the Seven Years ' War — 1757 – 1763 ), the British deported the Acadians and recruited New England Planters to resettle the colony.

After the war, some Acadians were allowed to return and the British made treaties with the Mi ’ kmaq.

It crossed the Atlantic ocean with Irish and British immigration and thus entered the musical tradition of Atlantic and French-speaking Canada including that of Quebecers and Acadians.

From September 1755 to June 1763 the vast majority of Acadians are deported to one of the following British Colonies in America: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia.

The British resettled many Acadians throughout its North American provinces, but many went to France, and some went to New Orleans, which they had expected to remain French.

The British ordered the Acadians expelled from their lands in 1755 during the French and Indian War, an event called the Expulsion of the Acadians or le Grand Dérangement.

Some Acadians managed to hide and others eventually returned to Nova Scotia, but they were far outnumbered by a new migration of New England Planters who were settled on the former lands of the Acadians and transformed Nova Scotia from a colony of occupation for the British to a settled colony with stronger ties to New England.

During the French and Indian War ( part of the Seven Years ' War and known by that name in Canada and Europe ), the British sought to neutralize the Acadian military threat and to interrupt their vital supply lines to Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia.