OUR FRENCH HERITAGE

OUR FRENCH HERITAGE
Home About The Author Fisherman Were First Religion British Trouble Fur Trading Survives British Claim Father/Son Conflict Money Settles Dispute Different Places Goveror Of Acadie Battle For Control La Tour Attack First Families Settle After d'Aulnay's Death Anglos Take Notice Treaty Of Breda First Famlies Of Acadia 1st Famlies Port Royal Trade Tensions Settlements Fall Troops To Acadia Oath Of Allegiance Governor Appearances Population Growth Fall Of Louisbourg British Want New Oath Turn Toward Expulsion Scene Of Confusion Acadian Lands Offered Deportation Names Have Changed Important Dates Story Kept Alive Additional Reading
 Fishermen, then fur traders, then farmers settled the original Acadian homeland. Their families stayed for 150 years before they were sent into exile by the British.

Reprinted below are 32 articles that appeared in Issue 22 of The Daily Advertiser's History of Acadiana. The issue was published on February 23, 1999, in Lafayette, Louisiana. The articles were written by Jim Bradshaw, Project 2000 Editor for The Daily Advertiser's.

It is recommended that the articles be read in the order listed. Although each article "stands alone," each article leads into the next article.

Also included is an article about the author and a Bibliography/List of books for additional reading.