In 1755, the British decided that the Acadians had to swear allegiance to
the British Crown and be ready to fight for Britain against France. the
Acadians did not do so because they do not want to fight or
against France or against their native neighbors who were allies of France. As a result,
Britanniqueson troops burned houses and villages and confiscated the Acadians
their farms and crops. About 14,000 people were forced into exile.
Some of them managed to escape and reach of Quebec, which was still controlled
by France. Others have gone on a long and dangerous journey south Louisiana
who was also a French colony.
They settled in Louisiana near New Orleans and their descendants still live there
today. The Americans called "Cajuns" because they could not pronounce
"Acadian" correctly! Cajuns still speak a dialect of French.
