| Show ANNAPOLIS FOUNDED IN 1604 Nova Scotia Earliest Colonized Land Landin in North America With Exception Exception tion of St. St Augustine Nova Scotia may lay claim to being heIng heIng he- he ing the tile earliest colonized land In North America with the the- thee exception e of St St. Augustine Au Au- gustine Fla Ila where the Spanish est establishment es es- t was made as early as Port Ro Royal al now the little town of If Annapolis was founded In 1 1004 01 three years before the English settled at nt Jamestown The brave bra French rench pioneers found It necessary to suspend sus pend peed their colony for three years but hut the settlement was re established d In 1610 b by a n group of or Acadians The Acadians were In almost constant constant con con- stant conflict with the English The colony fell Into the hands of the tae ElI English lair Eng lien lish twice and was each time returned to t the French before the English linn final finally I. I ly captured It In 1710 The Acadians remained steadfast In their hopes hope that tint t French rule tole would some day return but hut their hope was destined never to tobe be ho The however realized They persisted It hi is maintaining their Identity even against the English Insistence that they abandon their allegiance to their mother country The descendants of ot the Acadians numbering 3 are to be found in i Maryland l Virginia the Carolinas Georgia and Louisiana When the were expelled from the Basin of or Monas l Grand Pre when they refused refused refused re re- re- re 1 fused to take the oath of or fealty to the English sovereign In it 1755 many of ot them escaped to the wilderness and later J drifted back to their former homes only to find them occupied by new settlers from New England states |
