Timeline Monday 28 July 1755

Events on Monday 28 July 1755 1

• 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians begins British forces began deporting French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia British colonial authorities ordered the forced removal of Acadian settlers who refused to swear allegiance to the Crown. Families were deported by ship to the American colonies, Britain, and France, with many later resettling in Louisiana as ancestors of the Cajuns. Thousands died from disease, shipwreck, and starvation during the expulsion.