The Great Upheaval

While Braddock was suffering defeat and Johnson's campaign was ending in stalemate. The British achieved military victory in Nova Scotia. Formerly the French colony of Acadia. They drive French forces from the region. The British governor is determined to ensure that the territory remains securely in British hands. Come along. He orders the systematic expulsion of all French speaking settlers from the region. I therefore order all the inhabitants, both old men and young men, as well as all the lads of ten years of age to attend the church at Grand Prix on Friday the 5th instant at three of the clock in the afternoon. The Judy I have now, though necessary, is very disagreeable to my nature and temper. As I know it must be grievous to you who are of the same species as I am. Your lands and tenements, cattle of all kinds, and livestock of all sorts are forfeited to The Crown with all your other effects except your money and household goods. And you yourselves are to be removed from this promise. Now, can I put the wall? Think about it. I don't know. John Thomas, a doctor with Winslow's troops, kept a meticulous journal during the autumn of 1755. September 2nd, pleasant day, lieutenant John IndyCar, on shore with men to burn a village at a place called the Tia jam. September 18th. Very hard Gale and wind, much rain and snow, major pribble returned with his party having burned 200 houses in barn. A third of the acadians who were deported will die of typhoid, smallpox, or yellow fever. Acadians who had called the land home for a century are dispossessed of their farms and fishing boats. Whole villages are emptied and families herded to the coast. The operation is carried out with chilling efficiency. Over the next three years, 10,000 of them are shipped to the British colonies. Many acadians make their way to Louisiana where they become known as cajuns. Quebec is now a wartime city. It's streets overflow with French soldiers, Acadian refugees, and native warriors. When the deportation ends, only 165 French families remain in Acadia. And in 1756, the wind of war that blows over North America will become a hurricane. And montcalm will never agree on how to conduct the war. In one attack, boudreaux sends 300 raiders against the community of German flats in the Mohawk valley. They kill 50 settlers, take 32 scalps and a 150 women and children as prisoners. The British head slowly up the Hudson River from New York. Meanwhile, montcalm's forces travel to saint Lawrence from Montreal. The French stopped the British advance at fort oswego. With the help of 250 Indians, the French captured the fort in just three days. After the battle, the Indians take the trophies of war. Honda and captives are proof to their people that their enemies have been defeated. What the Indians consider their code of honor, montcalm regards as savagery, breaking all the rules of European warfare. He agrees to pay ransom for the British captives, and vows to restrain the Indians. Next time