Acadian Civil War
The Acadian Civil War (1635–1654) was fought between competing governors of the French province of Acadia. Governor Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour (a Protestant) had been granted one area of territory by King Louis XIV, and Charles de Menou d'Aulnay (a Catholic) had been granted another area. The divisions made by the king were geographically uninformed, and the two territories and their administrative centres overlapped. The conflict was intensified by personal animosity between the two governors, and came to an end when d'Aulnay successfully expelled la Tour from his holdings. D'Aulnay's success was effectively overturned after his death when la Tour married D'Aulnay's widow in 1653.
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Siege of Saint John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia | |||||||
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St. John Administration
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Port Royal Administration | ||||||
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Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour Françoise-Marie Jacquelin | Charles de Menou d'Aulnay | ||||||
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| Execution of St. Johns garrison | |||||||
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