Explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano is credited for originating the designation Acadia on his 16th-century map, where he applied the ancient … See more

Acadia was located in territory disputed between France and Great Britain. England controlled the area from 1621 to 1632 (see William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling) … See more

Most Acadian households were self-sufficient, with families engaged in subsistence farming only for a few years while they established their farms. Very rapidly the Acadians … See more

During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries, Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were … See more

17th century
The history of Acadia was significantly influenced by the great power conflict between France and England, later Great Britain, that occurred … See more

Before 1654, trading companies and patent holders concerned with fishing recruited men in France to come to Acadia to work at the commercial outposts. The original Acadian … See more

• Acadia National Park
• Acadian French
• Acadiana
• Cajuns
• Expulsion of the Acadians See more