Show ANNAPOLIS FOUNDED IN 1604 nova scotta earliest colonized land in north america with excel alon of st augustine nova may lav claim to being the earliest colonized land la jtb america with the exception of st AU gustane gust lne fla where the spanish es 1 was made as early as 4 port royal now the little own tf annapolis was founded in ago 1 three years before the english settled at jamestown the brave french pioneers found it necessary to suspend their colony for three years but hie settlement was established reestablished re la 1610 by a group of Acad lans the Acad lans were in almost constant conflict with the english the colony fell into the hands of the eng alth twice and was each time returned to the french before the english final J ly captured it in 1710 the remained steadfast in their hopes that J rench rule would some day return but their hope was destined never to j be realized they however persisted IL maintaining their identity even the english insistence that they abandon their allegiance to their 1 another country the descendants of the Acad lans numbering are to be found in hardland Ha ryland virginia the carolinas Caroll nas and louisiana han the Acad lans were expelled from the basla of monas grand pro when they re fused to take the oath of fealty to the english sovereign in 1755 many of them escaped to the wilderness and later drifted back to their former homes only a to find them occupied by new settler from new england baates |