“New France was not simply the settlement of a few fur traders; it was also a colony of Christ in the New World, even more a colony of Christ, or of the Church, than of France.” Because of the pious believers who inhabited New France, the country was governed in a particular way, separating itself from France. While falling under the jurisdiction of “New France,” the Acadians governed separately from the rest of the country and were a separate entity within New France. Today “Acadians are the French-speaking population of the Canadian Maritime Provinces,” and these are the Acadians who were not displaced during the expulsions, under British rule. Acadia's beginnings, with the construction of Port Royal, could have marked the colony's success, but instead led to a troubling conclusion for European descendants. Due to failed leadership, two major expulsions, and the Acadian people's acquisition of French culture, the once-thriving group was moved primarily to Louisiana, taking on a new Cajun identity. The Beginnings of Port RoyalAcadia was discovered by French explorers. Jean Cartier was the first to formally explore the land that would become Acadia, but Samuel de Champlain was the first to bring French settlers with him in 1605, making Acadia the second permanent European settlement in what is now Canada. Champlain's group first settled along the banks of the __________ River in 1604, but suffered a harsh winter, losing many settlers to scurvy. Champlain moved the settlement to Port Royal the following spring and the settlement began to grow, forming alliances with the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Aboriginal groups. The Acadians worked hard to clear the swamps, and this allowed them fertile ground... center of card ......e/3054275.Lower, ARM "New France in New England." The New England Quarterly. NO. 2 (1929): 278-295. Accessed 5 October 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/359305.MacMillan, Ken. “Sovereignty “More Clearly Described”: Early English Maps of North America, 1580-1625.” Journal of British Studies 42, no. 4 (2003). Accessed November 2, 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/376461.Parkman, Francis. Half a Century of Conflict: France and England in North America. The Floating Press, 2010. Sutherland, Maxwell. "Armstrong, Lawrence." Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 2. (1969). Accessed November 11, 2013. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/armstrong_lawrence_2E.html. "The Fortress of Louisbourg and its cartographic evidence". Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology 4, no. 1/2 (1972): 3-40. Accessed November 11, 2013, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1493360.