- Native Americans who were among the closest French allies in the Great War for Empire.
- British troops sent to North America to stiffen colonial defenses after Braddock's defeat in 1755.
- French settlers expelled from Nova Scotia after the British takeover, some of whom eventually made their way to Louisiana.
- Scots-Irish colonists who settled in Nova Scotia after the British expelled the French settlers.
ANSWER: The Acadians were French settlers expelled from Nova Scotia after the British takeover, some of whom eventually made their way to Louisiana.