Chapter Seven: The Acadians

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Question 1
What happened in Acadia shortly after the death of Governor Isaac de Razilly?
a. Famine swept the colony.
b. The new governor antagonized the Mi’kmaq, but decided not to wage an open war.
c. Confusion and struggle over trading rights led to a small civil war.
d. The church began to lose its influence among the lower classes.

Question 2
At the end of the seventeenth century, the Acadians’ principal field crops were
a. rice and peas.
b. peas and wheat.
c. barley, black beans, and corn.
d. rye, oats, and corn.

Question 3
The Acadians at Port-Royal surrendered to the English in
a. October 1710.
b. September 1702.
c. November 1711.
d. June 1713.

Question 4
In 1717, the Acadians agreed to
a. swear an oath to the British, promising to fight against the French in case of war.
b. sign a treaty with the British, confirming their own neutral status.
c. swear an oath of allegiance to the British, provided they were allowed to remain neutral.
d. give up their neutrality for the right to practice Roman Catholicism.

Question 5
Approximately how many people lived in Acadia in 1750?
a. just under 13,000
b. more than 10,000
c. slightly more than 2,500
d. more than 20,000

Question 6
The Mi’kmaq disliked the British, because the British
a. encroached on their hunting grounds.
b. did not recognize the Mi’kmaq’s land rights.
c. refused to provide annual gifts.
d. all of the above.

Question 7
Which factor did not contribute to the Halifax Council’s decision to deport Acadians?
a. Acadians had not fought for France since England took possession of Nova Scotia.
b. General Braddock was defeated at Fort Duquesne.
c. Acadians owned fertile lands.
d. Acadians refused to take a new oath of allegiance.

Question 8
The English originally deported Acadians to
a. England and France.
b. Cape Breton, Maine, and other American colonies.
c. Haiti and several American colonies.
d. England and its American colonies.

Question 9
Naomi Griffiths pointed out that
a. England was at war with France when it demanded the Acadians’ oath of allegiance.
b. deportation of Acadians would not have happened if Charles Lawrence had not become the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia.
c. deportation of Acadians was a necessary defensive strategy, natural for the British in their milieu.
d. the expulsion of Acadians was a criminal act, conceived in hate and prejudice.

Question 10
The majority of Acadians who returned to the area settled
a. in Nova Scotia, usually near their original farmsteads.
b. on Cape Breton Island.
c. in present-day New Brunswick, especially along its east coast.
d. in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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