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Acadia was the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empire of New France, in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine. At the end of the 16th century, France claimed territory stretching as far south as Philadelphia...

Timeline of Events

1613

7.2.1613

The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.

1713

6.23.1713

The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.

1736

5.26.1736

Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the Chickasaw village of Ackia, near present-day Tupelo, Mississippi. The French, under Louisiana governor Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, had sought to link Louisiana with Acadia and the other northern colonies of New France.