Acadians
Acadia was founded at this site in 1605.
What is Port Royal?
In June of 1759 the French tried unsucessfully to damage the British Navy by using these.
What are fire boats?
This British Major who fought in the Ohio River Valley eventually became President of the USA.
Who is George Washington?
This 1713 treaty saw Acadia pass to the English and get renames Nova Scotia.
What is the Treaty of Utrecht?
This site on Isle Royale was thought to be impregnable (impossible to defeat).
What is Louisbourg?
The regions where Acadians settled include these Canadian provinces.
What are NS, NB and PEI?
The attack and subsequent fall of this fortress opened access to New France for the British.
What is Louisbourg?
This leader was sometimes viewed as indecisive by his troops.
Who is James Wolfe
This site was established by the British in 1749 to counter Louisbourg.
What is Halifax?
After the deportation from Nova Scotia in 1755 some Acadians fled to this island in hopes escaping English control…give the French name!
What is Isle Saint Jean?
For 40+ years the Acadains lived under British rule beause the British only demanded this type of oath.
What is an oath of neutrality?
Skirmishes in this place began a full two years before war officially began.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This English Governor ordered the deportation of Acadians from Nova Scotia.
Who is Charles Lawrence?
The Quebec Act of 1774 allowed the French to keep their language and the free exercise of this religion(2 words).
What is Roman Catholic?
This treaty/ year ended the Seven Years War.
Treaty of Paris 1763.
This ingenious hinged device was used by the Acadians to drain marshlands for farming.
What is an aboiteau?
A late summer seige at this site ultimately led to the fall of New France.
What is the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?
This explorer was instrumental in setting up Port Royal in 1605 and later Quebec in 1608.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
After the war the French ceded New France to Great Britain in order to keep colonies in this region of the world.
What are the West Indies/ Caribbean?
This was the fate of both General Montcalm and General Wolfe.
What is death/ killed in battle?
Translated le Grande Derangement means this ...
What is the Great Upheaval?
In 1762 theFrench attacked St John's Newfoundland hoping to secure fishing rights but then lost it to the English in this battle.
What is the Battle of Signal Hill?
This man was the commander of the French forces at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Who is General Montcalm?
Great Britain tried to manage the newly captured lands under this 1763 document but eventually abandoned it and replaced it with the Quebec Act.
What is the Royal Proclamation?
These two islands near Newfoundland retained by the French under the treaty ending this war are still French territory today.
What are St Pierre and Miquelon?