Ile Saint-Jean campaign
1758 military operation
The Ile Saint-Jean campaign was a series of military operations in fall 1758, during the Seven Years' War, to deport the Acadians who either lived on Ile Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island) or had taken refuge there from earlier deportation operations.
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Rollo led a force of 500 British troops (including James Rogers leading his company of Rogers Rangers) to take possession of Ile Saint-Jean.
The percentage of deported Acadians who died during this expulsion made it the deadliest of all the deportations during the Expulsion (1755–1762). The total number of Acadians deported during this campaign was second only to that of the Bay of Fundy campaign (1755).
Background
The British Conquest of Nova Scotia happened in 1710, during the conflict in Europe known as the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-13). The British were now in possession of Acadia, present-day Nova Scotia, following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. French settlers were given the choice to voluntarily remove themselves from Nova Scotia or pledge allegiance to Great Britain. The majority of French settlers and Acadians chose to move to Ile Royale, present day Cape Breton Island. Ile Royale formed as a French colony that consisted of two islands, Ile Royale and Ile Saint-Jean. Fertile lands on Ile Saint-Jean made it the choice for many Acadians to settle.
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