Acadians
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The Acadians are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Acadians by Samuel Scott, Annapolis Royal, 1751
Homme Acadien (Acadian Man) by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur represents a Mi'kmaq man in the area of Acadia according to the Nova Scotia Museum.
The Deportation of Acadians by Henri Beau
St. John River Campaign: A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grimross (present-day Arcadia, New Brunswick) by Thomas Davies, 1758. This is the only contemporaneous image of the Expulsion of the Acadians.
New France
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New France was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
Champlain's Habitation c. 1608
One group of King's Daughters arrives at Quebec, 1667
Jean Talon, count of Orsainville, first intendant of New France
Company of New France building in present-day Quebec City