The Raid on Grand Pré was the major action of a raiding Attack expedition conducted Action by New England militia Colonel Benjamin Church against French Acadia in June 1704 , during Queen Anne 's War .

In 1755 , the British captured Conquering Fort Beauséjour on the border separating Nova Scotia from Acadia , and they ordered Arranging the expulsion of the Acadians ( 1755–64 ) soon afterwards .

The Siege of Port Royal ( 5 – 13 October 1710 ) , also known as the Conquest of Acadia , was a military siege conducted Action by British regular and provincial forces under the command Control of Francis Nicholson against a French Acadian garrison and the Wabanaki Confederacy under the command of Daniel d'Auger de Subercase , at the Acadian capital , Port Royal .

The successful British siege marked Recording the beginning of permanent British control Control over the peninsular portion of Acadia , which they renamed Name_conferral Nova Scotia , and it was the first time the British took Creating and held Defending a French colonial possession .

It resulted in Causation the creation of a new colony—Nova Scotia—and introduced significant questions concerning the fate of both the Acadians and the Mi'kmaq who continued to occupy Control Acadia .

The Conquest of Acadia was a foundational moment in the history of the Canadian state—it was a precursor to the British conquests of Louisbourg and Quebec in the middle of the century .