Show ANNAPOLIS FOUNDED IN 1604 nova earliest colonized land in north america with excel tion of st augustine nova scotia may inny lay iny roalin to he ing tie the earliest colonized loud land in north america with the of st at au gustine ria fla where the spanish e as was mode made na as early na as 15 port royal koyal now hie little town of annapolis was founded in lul three years before the settled tit it jamestown the brave frerich pioneers plon plo cera found it Inco essary to aus pend their colony colona for three years but the ha settlement was re in 1610 by a group of Acad inns tiia Acad acadians ians were in almost constant conflict with the he english tito the colony tell ell into the hands of the I 1 ang aig efell twice and bius was each time returned to the french before the english ly captured it in 1110 the acadians Acad lansi ians remained steadfast ln la their hopes that I 1 rench rule would some day ret return uril hut but their hope was destined never to he be realized they however persisted i lu in maintaining their identity even ti the english insistence that they hey abandon their allegiance to their mother country I 1 the descendants of tile the numbering are to be found in maryland virginia ilia ha carolina Caroli nilS georgia and Loul louisiana slana when tile 10 acadians Acad lans ians were expelled erpel lol from the ilia basin of monas grand pro when they refused to take the oath of fealty to tho the english sovereign in 1755 many of them escaped to the wilderness and later drifted back to their former homes only 0 17 to find them hern occupied by now new settlers Bott lera from now england states |