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In 1745, British colonial forces conducted the Siege of Port Toulouse   and then captured fortress Louisbourg after a siege of six weeks. France launched a major expidition to recover Acadia in 1746. Beset by storms, disease, and finally the death of its commander, the Duc D'Anville it returned to France in tatters without reaching its objective.

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Louisbourg and Its Importance to Acadia and the French

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Louisbourg and Its Importance to Acadia and the French

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Louisbourg was a French fortress, they had it strategically placed there for the advantage it would make on the coast.

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How did they use the Land to their Advantage?

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How did they use the Land to their Advantage?

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They dammed up basins and bowls and drained them. After 2 years the salt content was down and they could grow crops in the fresh virgin ground.

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What did Acadians do to Survive and Earn a Living?

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What did Acadians do to Survive and Earn a Living?

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Most Acadians farmed to survive. They grew crops and kept livestock such as cattle, sheep, chickens and hogs. They kept what they needed and traded the rest. They cut firewood and timber for building, hunted and trapped, and even made their own footwear.

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What was their relationship with First Nations?

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What was their relationship with First Nations?

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Their relationship with the First Nations was good in a sense that they both benefited from each other. The Europeans got fur to and the First Nations got goods they could not make.

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French settlers moved there for mainly new opportunity. There was a lot of unclaimed land, resources, and not many laws or policing systems set up there yet. If people weren't afraid to start over, and put a little work in, they could potentially have a better life.

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Acadia was what would now be modern day New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Historians also believe a small part of Maine and Quebec was used.