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In the beginning of the 16th century, French settlers cross the Atlantic to settle in a French colony located in the new world.

That colony wasn't modern day Quebec, however.

The colony was known as Acadia.

When the British took control of Acadia in 1713, the Acadians were allowed to stay, but eventually that privilege was revoked by the British

and those people were scattered to the winds. Today the descendants of the Acadians can still be found all over the world.

Learn more about Acadia and the Acadian expulsion on this episode of Everything Everywhere

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Before we get into the details of the Acadian expulsion and its aftermath

we need to know the events which led up to it. The French like the British had

set up several colonies in the new world. Collectively, all of the French lands in North America

were referred to as New France.

The French had beaten the English to the punch

and had laid claim to an enormous amount of land in North America,

which included what is today Canada's Atlantic provinces,

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