Acadians<span> settled in </span>Louisiana<span> after being persecuted and forced to leave ... During what was termed "The Exile," the </span>Acadian<span> people </span>were<span> forcibly </span>deported<span> to France ... present-day </span>Louisiana; somecame<span> from the lands to which </span>they were<span> exiled ... the product of the adaptation of </span>their<span> French traditions and </span>their<span> new </span>homes<span>.</span>
