SwampTiger
Banned
Part of the issue of the Acadiens is the attitudes of the natives. The Acadiens were walking a fine line between loyalty to their new British masters and the native antipathy towards the British colonists of New England. Acadien settlements tried to maintain their previous good relations with the natives. The British felt the Acadiens were actively supporting native raids. In addition, many Catholic clergy were opposed to British rule. At some point, these stresses will boil over. A continued and expanding Acadien population will cause problems for British rule. The British must increase their military presence in the eastern provinces to protect its western colonists. The Maritimes will receive some overflow from Acadia. This will increase the British perception of a threat. The British do not seem to have sufficient conciliatory and diplomatic colonial administrators to handle the challenge of absorbing the Francophone Catholics.
For those who think the French presence in Louisiana was geographically limited, note the French settled along every waterway they could reach. The settlement at Natchitoches was established fours years before New Orleans. The Cajun area was settled by Germans, Spaniards, and French before the Americains bought the colony, which held the entire Mississippi-Missouri watershed.
For those who think the French presence in Louisiana was geographically limited, note the French settled along every waterway they could reach. The settlement at Natchitoches was established fours years before New Orleans. The Cajun area was settled by Germans, Spaniards, and French before the Americains bought the colony, which held the entire Mississippi-Missouri watershed.