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Books, Maps & Other Resources Acadia - Acadian Genealogy & History More Books, Maps, & Resources - Canada | Flags of Canada Global Gazette Articles - Canada Searchable Online Data - Canada | Useful Web Links - Canada BOOK - The Acadians Before 1755 by Régis Brun 
This overview of Acadian History in the 17th Century and 18th century empasizes the dynamic nature of that rural society, within a geographical approach to its settlement in five regions before 1755. A number of unpublished documents are brought to the attention of readers.This book answers the question of "What is Acadia?" by looking at five specific regions of early Acadie: Port-Royal, the Minas Basin and Cobeguit, all of which became part of Nova Scotia in 1713; Île Royale, which became British, under the name Cape Breton, in 1763, and Chipoudie, on the Petcoudiac River, and officially became New Brunswick in 1784. The author describes the dynamics of the Acadian economy, manifested in the land-based communities and in the coastal trading carried out by businessmen and sea captains in 18th‑century Acadie. The essay explores the methods used by the Acadians to settle the land, to establish their farms, to cultivate the meadows and to create their hamlets and villages. One of the unpublished documents included in the book illustrates the ancestral homesteads of the founding families along the Dauphin (Annapolis) River of Port-Royal, the cradle of Acadie. A series of deportations, the "Grand Dérangement", brought ethnic cleansing to Acadie, followed by destruction of the established community. This essay chronicles these events and the tragic destiny of the deportees and refugees. About the author:
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