Poitou
Explanation of the term Cajan as a corruption of Arcadian.
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During the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Poitou was a hotbed of [[Huguenot]] (French Calvinist Protestant) activity among the nobility and bourgeoisie. The Protestants were discriminated against and brutally attacked during the [[French Wars of Religion]] (1562–1598). Under the [[Edict of Nantes]], such discrimination was temporarily suspended but this measure was repealed by the French Crown. |
During the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Poitou was a hotbed of [[Huguenot]] (French Calvinist Protestant) activity among the nobility and bourgeoisie. The Protestants were discriminated against and brutally attacked during the [[French Wars of Religion]] (1562–1598). Under the [[Edict of Nantes]], such discrimination was temporarily suspended but this measure was repealed by the French Crown. |
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Some of the French colonists, later known as [[Acadian]]s, who settled beginning in 1604 in eastern North America came from southern Poitou. They established settlements in what is now [[Nova Scotia]], and later in [[New Brunswick]]—both of which were taken over in the later 18th century by the English, (after their 1763 victory in the [[Seven Years' War]]). |
Some of the French colonists, later known as [[Acadian]]s, who settled beginning in 1604 in eastern North America came from southern Poitou. They established settlements in what is now [[Nova Scotia]], and later in [[New Brunswick]]—both of which were taken over in the later 18th century by the English, (after their 1763 victory in the [[Seven Years' War]]). Some of the Acadians eventually made their way to the southern states and settled around New Orleans. This is the origin of the term 'cajan' which is a corruption of 'Arcadian'. |
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After the revocation of the [[Edict of Nantes]] in 1685, the French Roman [[Catholic Church]] conducted a strong [[Counter-Reformation]] effort. In 1793, this effort had contributed to the three-year-long open revolt against the French Revolutionary Government in the Bas-Poitou (Département of [[Vendée]]). Similarly, during [[Napoleon]]'s [[Hundred Days]] in 1815, the Vendée stayed loyal to the Restoration Monarchy of King [[Louis XVIII]]. Napoleon dispatched 10,000 troops under General [[Jean Maximilien Lamarque]] to [[Pacification (military action)|pacify]] the region. |
After the revocation of the [[Edict of Nantes]] in 1685, the French Roman [[Catholic Church]] conducted a strong [[Counter-Reformation]] effort. In 1793, this effort had contributed to the three-year-long open revolt against the French Revolutionary Government in the Bas-Poitou (Département of [[Vendée]]). Similarly, during [[Napoleon]]'s [[Hundred Days]] in 1815, the Vendée stayed loyal to the Restoration Monarchy of King [[Louis XVIII]]. Napoleon dispatched 10,000 troops under General [[Jean Maximilien Lamarque]] to [[Pacification (military action)|pacify]] the region. |
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