Acadians Of Nova Scotia Analysis

In 1755, The Acadians of Nova Scotia were faced with an unsettling feeling of losing everything they own. It was between 1755 and 1763 that the government had decided that they would be expelling approximately ten thousand Acadians from Nova Scotia. From here, The Acadian exiles would be sent by the government to thirteen colonies along what now makes up the eastern coast of the United States . After concluding a great amount of research, the ultimate decision for this essay's thesis is that the Acadians of Nova Scotia did not deserve to be expelled from their homeland. The reason being that they were treated unfairly by the English government at that time. On top of this unfair treatment, they had jumped to conclusions about their loyalty …show more content…
It was after this meeting on September 5th that the Acadian people had learned that they would be removed from their land. Governor Charles Lawrence had sent a group of men to the church in Grande Pre to read aloud his message to them saying that “inhabitants may not have it in their power to return to this Province, nor to join in strengthening the French of Canada or Louisbourg: it is resolved that they shall be dispers'd among his Majesty's Colonies upon the Continent of America” . Sadly, what the Acadians had not learned at that moment in time is that many of them would be separated from their families as colonies were only able to take a certain number of people. Not only would families be separated, but many would not make the trip to the colonies alive. It is recorded that hundreds upon hundreds of Acadian people had died between leaving Nova Scotia and their destination amongst the thirteen colonies . Sadly, there are many reasons that these people could have died on their trip, which range from multiple diseases or starvation. Many Acadians who had survived the trip to the colonies had reflected on getting very little to eat on their journey. The government had apparently given orders that each people should be given “1 lb. Beef 2 lb. of Bread and five pounds of Flour each person per week, and you are to be accountable for what shall remain” .This shows that the Government was ultimately trying to get rid of the Acadians altogether. Although they might not have realized that the portion sizes they were giving to people would sadly end many of their lives, they probably were aware that many would not survive the trip to the