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    of Acadians moved in the late 1700s. Descendants of the Louisiana Acadians are most commonly known as Cajuns, the term an anglicization of "Acadian." Most...
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    to 1758, Acadians were deported to the Thirteen Colonies, then later transported to either Britain or France. Of an estimated 14,100 Acadians, approximately...
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    the concurrent Chevy II, Acadians were offered with four-cylinder, six-cylinder, and V8 engines. No Mark IV (big block) Acadians were ever produced in any...
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    Acadian French (French: français acadien, acadjonne) is a variety of French spoken by Acadians, mostly in the region of Acadia, Canada. Acadian French...
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    of Acadians List of governors of Acadia Military history of Nova Scotia Military history of the Acadians Acadian architecture Acadian culture Acadian literature...
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    descendants became Acadians primarily came from the southwestern and southern regions of France, historically known as Occitania, while some Acadians are claimed...
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    Acadian architecture, also known as Cadien architecture, is a traditional style of architecture used by Acadians and Cajuns. It is prevalent in Acadia...
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    Cajuns (category Acadian history)
    from the deported Acadians. Although the terms Cajun and Creole today are often portrayed as separate identities, Louisianians of Acadian descent have historically...
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  • Acadian Ambulance is an employee-owner private ambulance service that covers most of the state of Louisiana, a large portion of Texas, two counties in...
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    when Acadians tried to develop communities in the French territories. Despite the British conquest of Acadia in 1710, Acadia was dominated by Acadians and...
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    The Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. Adults have olive upperparts, darker on the...
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  • Look up Acadian or Acadians in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An Acadian is a native of Acadia, a region of northeastern North America. Acadian may also...
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    considered part of the Acadian Peninsula. Most settlement in the peninsula occurred as a result of the Expulsion of the Acadians during the Gulf of St...
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    Richard selected the French flag as the basis of the Acadian one to underline the adherence of the Acadians to the French civilization: I wish that Acadia had...
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  • The Acadian was the name of a passenger train of the Southern Pacific which ran daily as a night train between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas...
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    The military history of the Acadians consisted primarily of militias made up of Acadian settlers who participated in wars against the English (the British...
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  • Acadian Village may refer to: Acadian Village (park), a privately owned historic site in Lafayette, Louisiana Acadian Village (Maine) a privately owned...
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  • Joseph Broussard (category Acadian people)
    hundreds of other Acadians, to Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti). Unable to adapt to the climate and diseases that were killing Acadians, he led the group...
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    during the first National Convention of the Acadians held at Memramcook, New Brunswick, in 1881 that the Acadian leaders received the mandate to set the date...
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    highlights the plight of the Acadians but also relates it to continuing oppression in the world. Bowman rated "Acadian Driftwood" as "one of Robertson's...
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  • sworn by the Acadians in 1730 and ruled that the concessions were an error and unwarranted, and had failed to be ratified; and the Acadians were to sign...
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    The Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus), also known as the Atlantic redfish, Acadian rockfish, or Labrador redfish, is a species of marine ray-finned...
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    present-day cultural region of Acadia.Note 1 Acadian cuisine has been influenced by the Deportation of the Acadians, proximity to the ocean, the Canadian winter...
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  • decision was made to deport the Acadians. December 13, Acadian Remembrance Day, commemorates the memory of the 2,000 Acadians who perished in the North Atlantic...
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    Shepody Rivers. The descendants of Acadia's French colonists became the Acadians. Acadians developed a unique society characterised by dyking technology, which...
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    Evangeline (category Acadian history)
    The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel during the Expulsion of the Acadians (1755–1764). The idea...
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  • inception account for the paucity of texts produced by Acadians during this era. From 1755 to 1763, the Acadian population was forcibly deported. In contrast to...
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    settling "foreign Protestants" in the region and deported the French-speaking Acadians en masse. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), thousands...
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    any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt the vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia. The British...
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  • Acadian Park, also known as Acadian Ballpark, is a baseball stadium located in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States. It served as the home ballpark for...
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