1. The ‘Conquest’ of Acadia: Narratives

Reid, John G.; Plank, Geoffrey; Wicken, William C.

doi:10.3138/9781442680883-003

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“…The Passamaquoddy aided the settlers and showed them how to live on their new land. Pierre Dugua de Monts and his men likely would not have survived the winter in 1604 without this aid from the Passamaquoddy (Rudin 2009;Reid 2004). Regardless of these positive aspects, the settlement at Ile Ste-Croix was not considered a success.…”

Section: To Fail and Then Succeedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although this seizure increased the military and political power of the British, Griffiths (2005) argues that the post-conquest period led to the Acadians prospering as they negotiated to remain in Acadia. In imperial British Nova Scotia, Acadian communities were able to retain power in the territory and retain a significant degree of agency (Griffiths 2005:238;Reid 2004).…”

Section: The Neutral Frenchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, with their decision to stay, Acadians demonstrated a great deal of political agency. Although Griffiths (2005) sees neutrality as a deliberate political strategy, Reid (2004) and Basque (2004) see it as a political gesture based on the fact that all Acadians did not necessarily take part in this political stance. Basque (2004) notes that there were many Acadians who did not take oaths of allegiance/neutrality, but rather sided with the French or the British in order to sustain their trade relations.…”

Section: The Neutral Frenchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Emergence and Progression of Acadian Ethnic and Political Identities: Alliance and Land-Based Inter-Peoples Relations in Early Acadia to Today

MacLeod

2015

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This article provides an ethnohistorical overview of the emergence and progression of Acadian ethnic and political identities over time. Strongly based in their relations with the Mi’kmaq during the colonization of Nova Scotia, the Acadians became a unique political entity who identified themselves as neutral. Through the advances made in the colony, British authorities soon realized that the alliance formed between the Acadians and Mi’kmaq could present a threat. This article provides background for the reemerging Acadian-Mi’kmaq relations occurring today around environmental and land-based concerns and seeks to provide the reader with an overview of the shifting Acadian socio-political ideologies throughout their history.

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Section: The Neutral Frenchmentioning

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Emergence and Progression of Acadian Ethnic and Political Identities: Alliance and Land-Based Inter-Peoples Relations in Early Acadia to Today

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2015

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DNA and historical evidence indicate many colonial French Canadians were of Sephardic Jewish ancestry

Hirschman¹

2021

Lib. Arts Soc. Sci. Int. J.

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The Spanish Inquisition in 1492 resulted in the deaths of thousands of Spanish Jews and the exile of around 150,000. The Huguenots and Acadians who settled in Colonial French Canada are assumed to be of Christian faith and ancestry. To support this hypothesis, the researcher uses a novel combination of methods drawn from historical records and artifacts, genealogies and DNA testing. In recent years, this combination of methods has led to the discovery that several of the Plymouth Colony settlers, Central Appalachian Colonial settlers, and Roanoke Colony settlers were of Sephardic Jewish origin. Thus, using the new methodology of ancestral DNA tracing, the researcher document that the majority of Huguenot and Acadian colonists in French Canada were of Sephardic Jewish ancestry. They are most likely descended from Sephardic Jews who fled to France from the Iberian Peninsula in the late 1300s and early 1500s. The researcher additionally propose that some members of both groups continued to practice Judaism in the new world, thus becoming secret Jews or crypto-Jews. The researcher also finds evidence of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry in both groups.

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1. The ‘Conquest’ of Acadia: Narratives

Cited by 2 publications

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Emergence and Progression of Acadian Ethnic and Political Identities: Alliance and Land-Based Inter-Peoples Relations in Early Acadia to Today

Emergence and Progression of Acadian Ethnic and Political Identities: Alliance and Land-Based Inter-Peoples Relations in Early Acadia to Today

DNA and historical evidence indicate many colonial French Canadians were of Sephardic Jewish ancestry

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