Acadia

loved my home, but it just wasn’t exactly a beautiful scene unless you enjoy the sight of pump-jacks strewn across a plain. While yes, that too can be an interesting sight, it gets old when you spend 20+ years next to it. Off the coast of Maine is Acadia National Park. Not only do you get the rugged and beautiful terrain of the mountains, you also get the relaxing sounds of a shoreline. It’s the best of both worlds! Speaking of colors, you will never understand how there could be so many of them…

Surprisingly though, they were still able to keep the land we know today as Haiti, which still relatively retains those same borders set centuries ago. Another thing it ordered was the deportation of the Acadians known as the Great Upheaval from French Acadia (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the Gaspe Peninsula) as punishment for aiding them in the war. Soon, many of these Acadians would find their way to Spanish-owned Louisiana. Their descendants would eventually evolve…

The Europeans slipped up on America while trying to find cheaper routes to Asia in order to save on the trade goods. The main reason as to why European nations moved to America was to increase their wealth and expand their influence over world activities. According to (Barden, 2001), the Spanish were among the first Europeans to travel and settle in the New World and in what is presently the United States.By the year 1650, nevertheless, The British had already established a very dominant…

King George's War was the third in a series of Anglo-French colonial conflicts in North America. Although nominally at peace, Britain and France had been in conflict over colonial boundaries in Acadia, northern New England, and the Ohio Valley. King George’s War had been preceded by an outbreak of fighting in Europe. The death of Charles VI, the Holy Roman Emperor, had touched off a succession crisis that pitted France, Prussia and Spain against the British. Warfare developed in the American…

If you had an option to sign the Oath of Allegiance, you should not sign the Oath because once you sign the oath you will be forced from your homeland in Acadia by the British. There are many consequences of signing the Oath. After signing the Oath, you would be separated from your family, learn a new religion and move to a new country. First of all, the British would have separated you from your family. Since you have lived with your family for your entire life, you will have trouble…

times, sided with the French. All fought with the support of Indian allies. In the end, France lost nearly all its land in North America. Britain gained most of the French territory, and Spain acquired the rest. Battle of Monongahela Location of Acadia Causes of the French and Indian wars. In 1689, England's colonies in North America lay along the Atlantic coast. Spain controlled Florida. French settlements lay to the north and west, from what are now Maine and Nova Scotia to the St.…

“Experience,” was the message Susan Theall voiced at a forum held at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Tuesday afternoon. Theall and Vanessa Anseman were initially scheduled to debate but Anseman was not able attended after a district judge Alonzo Harris ruled Monday she was ineligible said moderator Ian Auzenne who is the vice president of the Acadiana Press Club. “Yesterday district judge Alonzo Harris of St. Landry parish ruled Anseman was ineligible to run,” he said. “Anseman filed…

area colonized by Britain in 1534 when French explorers led by Jacques Cartier was exploring for a new route to India. Since that point in time, New France rapidly expanded into this newly found land creating colonies from the North which included Acadia, Quebec, and Louisbourg to name a few, stretching down south towards Louisiana. Moving into the late 17th century and early 18th century, Settlements began to grow and prosper which caused conflict between settlers and the business of fur…

There are three levels of government; Federal, Provincial, and Municipal government. At the Federal level, Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada, and Canada's formal head of state. The House of Commons makes Canada's laws. The prime minister is the head of government in Canada. The Senate reviews laws that are proposed by the House of Commons. At the Provincial level, the Lieutenant Governor represents the Queen. At the Municipal level, Residents of the municipality elect the mayor and council…

Economic Benefits Introducing a large-scale tidal power project in the Bay of Fundy region would create employment opportunities, increase GDP and tax revenue and may decrease health care expenditures. Employment 22 000 full-time equivalent jobs are expected to arise from a large tidal power project. The planning, construction and maintenance of the turbines would require many employees during both the construction and operation and maintenance phases. The majority of these jobs would be in…