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Frenchmen were the first European settlers of the North American continent. Arriving just north of Plymouth Rock in 1604, they began carrying out a family-oriented lifestyle in the harsh Nova Scotia wilderness. THE FIRST PLANTING Developing fertile farmland was a top priority of the newly arrived Frenchmen. These imaginative settlers (now Acadians) began a reclamation project of their marsh-like territory. So successful were their efforts, many historians feel the Acadians were deported in order to make room for British settlers who coveted these productive grounds.
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