In the early 18th century, New France prospered in terms of population and agricultural production. After the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 which ended the War of the Spanish Succession, France was poised to make a decision at the bargaining table with the victor's of Britain. The contents of the cease fire also included the relinquishment of lands and France, who lost the war considerably, gave up Acadia and Île Ste. Jean only to keep the far eastern port of Louisbourg (Wikipedia, 2004). The habitant of New France heard of this and remained incognito for the moment, only to wait and see what Britain would do next. Fast forward forty years into 1755: some French colonists, who disobeyed the oath never to take up arms again and participated in raids throughout Acadia, were deemed traitors. King George III had enough with the dissent and signed a proclamation to physically remove the...