These Forts Were Taken By Lieutenant-Colonel Moncton In June, 1755, The
Garrison Of Beau-SéJour Being Sent To Louisburg On Condition That They
Should Not Take Up Arms In America For Six Months.
Prince Edward's
Island - then called St. John's Island - fell into the hands of the
English when Cape Breton was taken, and the inhabitants were sent to
France.
In the summer of 1755 matters seemed to be culminating, and the
bitter dissensions were brought to a crisis. The Neutrals were again
called upon to take the oath, the following being the form in which it
was presented to them: "Je promets et jure sincerement, en foi de
Chrétien, que je serai entierement fidele et obeirai vraiment sa Majesté
Le Roi George, que je reconnais pour le Souverain seigneur de l'Acadie,
ou nouvelle Ecosse - ainsi Dieu me soit en aide."
But this was not the "reserved oath", as the former one was called; and
the Acadians, feeling themselves bound by the old pledge, asked
exemption from this, and requested the restoration of arms which had
been taken from them, agreeing also to keep faithfully the old form of
oath.
Deputies from the settlements near Port Royal (which were above, below,
and almost on the site of the present town of Annapolis), at Pisiquid
(now Windsor), Minas, etc., were sent to Halifax, where a long
conference was held; but the deputies still declining to accept the new
oath, they were imprisoned, and the deportation of the Acadians decided
upon.
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