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Acadia

Acadia. Acadian. A person who comes from or lives in the French-speaking areas of the Maritime Provinces. Acadia. The first successful French settlement in the New World. The first explorer was Samuel de Champlain. French-British-French-British.

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Acadia

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  1. Acadia

  2. Acadian • A person who comes from or lives in the French-speaking areas of the Maritime Provinces

  3. Acadia • The first successful French settlement in the New World. • The first explorer was Samuel de Champlain

  4. French-British-French-British • The French & British would compete to control Acadia • For France and Britain, Acadia represented a base for attacking each other, and for protecting their own colonies and trade routes.

  5. Mi’kmaq • First Nations people, indigenous to Canada’s Maritime Provinces. • They had established a trading partnership with the French, and allowed the French to settle on their lands • The Mi’kmaq people and the Acadians became allies

  6. Think-Pair-Share • How did the geographic position of Acadia make it a centre of conflict between Britain and France?

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