The first wave of the expulsion of …
Years: 1755 - 1755
August
The first wave of the expulsion of the Acadians begins in the region of Chignecto after the fall of Fort Beauséjour.
Under the direction of Colonel Robert Monckton, on August 10, Lieutenant-Colonel John Winslow seizes four hundred unsuspecting Acadian men who are at Fort Cumberland (formerly Fort Beauséjour).
Under the direction of Colonel Robert Monckton, on August 10, Lieutenant-Colonel John Winslow seizes four hundred unsuspecting Acadian men who are at Fort Cumberland (formerly Fort Beauséjour).
Locations
People
Groups
- Abenaki people (Amerind tribe)
- Maliseet, or Wolastoqiyik, people (Amerind tribe)
- Mi'kmaq people (Amerind tribe)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Wabanaki Confederacy
- Passamaquoddy (Amerind tribe)
- New France (French Colony)
- Anglicans (Episcopal Church of England)
- Puritans
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony)
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Nova Scotia (British Colony)
Topics
- Colonization of the Americas, French
- Colonization of the Americas, British
- Father Le Loutre's War
- French and Indian War
- Acadians, Expulsion of the
- Bay of Fundy Campaign
