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2. Joseph Broussard - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Broussard (1702–1765), also known as Beausoleil (English: Beautiful Sun), was a leader of the Acadian people in Acadia; later Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. Broussard organized Mi'kmaq and Acadian militias against the British through King George's War , Father Le Loutre's War and during the Seven Years' War .

3. History of the Acadians - Wikipedia

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   Modern flag of Acadia, adopted 1884. The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of 17th and 18th century French settlers in parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) in the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Québec, and the Kennebec River in southern ...

4. Philippe Mius d'Entremont - Wikipedia

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   Philippe Mius d’Entremont was born in Normandy, France, and he was expelled from France because of his daughter's marriage [citation needed] and was sent to Acadia with his family in 1651 as a lieutenant-major with Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, who had been named Governor of Acadia by Louis XIII of France first in 1631 and again by Louis XIV in 1651.

5. Acadians - Wikipedia

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   Their competition in Europe played out in North America as well. Over a period of 74 years, six wars (the four French and Indian Wars, Father Rale's War, and Father Le Loutre's War) took place in Acadia and Nova Scotia, in which the Wabanaki Confederacy and some Acadians fought to keep the British from taking over the region. While France lost ...

6. Acadia - Wikipedia

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   The borders of French Acadia were not clearly defined, but the following areas were at some time part of French Acadia : Present-day mainland Nova Scotia, with Port Royal as its capital. Lost to Great Britain in 1713. Present-day New Brunswick, which remained part of Nova Scotia until becoming a separate colony in 1784. Lost to Great Britain in ...

7. Nicolas Denys - Wikipedia

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   Denys was a witness to one of the most unfortunate chapters of early Acadia's history: the rivalry between the Lords d’Aulnay and Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, as it dissipated efforts to grow the colony. La Tour had claimed royal permission to ply the fur trade in the American Northeast.