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Why Did British Officials Expel the Acadian Farmers from Nova Scotia? - The Great Upheaval of 1755 | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the early eighteenth century, the shores of the Bay of Fundy were home to a densely settled society of Acadian farmers who had reclaimed fertile land from the sea using a complex system of earthen dikes and sluice gates. They built a prosperous agricultural world, negotiating alliances with the local Mi'kmaq while attempting to remain neutral as their homeland repeatedly changed hands between the French and British empires. This episode examines how these farming families, who possessed…
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