Post by brittanymartinat on Oct 3, 2010 20:04:54 GMT -5
This isnt really a question, more just some comments. I found it very interesting after taking a good look through the Acadia website and looking at how they lived, I think that it seems like a fairly good life. The old homes were beautiful, and it seems to me, kind of similar to country life today.
People growing a lot of their own food, cooking on an old wood stove, working hard on the farm (i.e fixing fences, barn chores etc.) and having everyone in the family pitch in and do their part.
(happily without the Acadian aspects of arranged marriages, expected to have a child around the age of 16, lack of medical care and a low life expectancy
). I also think that ancient Acadia did well considering the constant threat of expulsion until 1718, and then "The Great Expulsion” and Deportation of the Acadian population from 1755 to 1762. Prior
to that, when they were given the first opportunity to take an “unconditional oath" and they told the English that they could not take the unconditional oath of allegiance, they were very polite about it.
I very seriously doubt that such a thing would go over as well with any group of people today. I know that I wouldnt be nearly so polite if someone told me id have to comply with unreasonable requirements or leave my home here for good.
The Acadians seemed to have… to quote a movie I once saw…
“… lived in a way that the rest of the world had forgotten. They were never in a hurry, and did things the slow way.” So anyways for your patience and appreciation of the simple things in life, here's to you Acadians!!!!
People growing a lot of their own food, cooking on an old wood stove, working hard on the farm (i.e fixing fences, barn chores etc.) and having everyone in the family pitch in and do their part.
(happily without the Acadian aspects of arranged marriages, expected to have a child around the age of 16, lack of medical care and a low life expectancy
). I also think that ancient Acadia did well considering the constant threat of expulsion until 1718, and then "The Great Expulsion” and Deportation of the Acadian population from 1755 to 1762. Priorto that, when they were given the first opportunity to take an “unconditional oath" and they told the English that they could not take the unconditional oath of allegiance, they were very polite about it.
I very seriously doubt that such a thing would go over as well with any group of people today. I know that I wouldnt be nearly so polite if someone told me id have to comply with unreasonable requirements or leave my home here for good.The Acadians seemed to have… to quote a movie I once saw…
“… lived in a way that the rest of the world had forgotten. They were never in a hurry, and did things the slow way.” So anyways for your patience and appreciation of the simple things in life, here's to you Acadians!!!!
