1497
In 1497, Well known explorer, John cabot explored what it today called Cape Breton island. Italian-born navigators John and Sebastian Cabot departed from Bristol, England, on 2nd May, 1497, and set sail to what he thought was Asia. The Cabot expedition reached land on 24 June 1497, likely at Cape Breton Island. He made a landfall on the eastern coast of North America, but whether on Labrador, Newfoundland, or Nova Scotia is uncertain. No actual settlement immediately followed the voyages of the Cabots.
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1755
The British government demanded that Acadians take an oath of allegiance to the Crown that included fighting against the French. This Oath was refused by most Acadians. As a result, the Acadians got deported. About 6,000 Acadians were forcibly removed from their colonies. The British military ordered the Acadians communities to be destroyed and homes and barns were burned down. The people were dispersed among the 13 American colonies, but many refused them and sent them on to Europe. Families were torn apart and many lost everything they owned.
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1763
In 1763, The French ceded Cape Breton Island, New Brunswick, St. John's Island (now Prince Edward Island) to British in the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty of Paris was signed on 10th February 1763 by France, Britain and Spain. Although, France retained fishing rights in Newfoundland and the Gulf of St Lawrence, acquired the small Gulf islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon as an unprotected fishing station.