Louisiana Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Acadian culture=== The ancestors of [[Cajun]]s immigrated mostly from west central France to New France, where they settled in the Atlantic provinces of [[New Brunswick]], Nova Scotia and [[Prince Edward Island]], known originally as the French colony of [[Acadia]]. After the British defeated France in the [[French and Indian War]] ([[Seven Years' War]]) in 1763, France ceded its territory east of the Mississippi River to Britain. After the Acadians refused to swear an oath of loyalty to the British Crown, they were [[Expulsion of the Acadians|expelled from Acadia]], and made their way to places such as France, Britain, and New England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cajuns|url=https://64parishes.org/entry/cajuns|access-date=2022-01-24|website=64 Parishes|language=en|archive-date=March 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319080920/https://64parishes.org/entry/cajuns|url-status=live}}</ref> Other Acadians covertly remained in [[British America|British North America]] or moved to [[New Spain]]. Many Acadians settled in southern Louisiana in the region around [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]] and the LaFourche Bayou country. They developed a distinct rural culture there, different from the French Creole colonists of New Orleans. Intermarrying with others in the area, they developed what was called Cajun music, cuisine and culture. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page