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Canada's History › Key Events
What was the Great Upheaval of 1755?
- A large Indigenous uprising against European settlers
- A rebellion by French settlers against British rule
- A major earthquake that struck Quebec City
- The deportation of the Acadians from their homeland by the British
Why this is the correct answer
In 1755, British colonial authorities forcibly deported thousands of Acadian settlers from present-day Nova Scotia, separating families and scattering them across the Atlantic world. This traumatic event, known as the Great Upheaval or le Grand Dérangement, had a lasting impact on Acadian identity and memory.