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'''Cajuns''' are a group of [[France|French]]-speakers who live in the [[United States|US]] state of [[Louisiana]]. They are the descendants of French colonists who initially settled in the Acadia region of [[Canada]] (modern-day [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]], and [[Prince Edward Island]], as well as parts of the northeastern United States).
During the [[French and Indian War]], in what Cajuns refer to as the Great Upheaval of 1755, several thousand of these settlers were deported by [[Great Britain]], to whom the Acadians refused to swear loyalty. The Acadians were forced to move southward, with a great many finding a home in the Atchafalaya Basin. It was here that "Acadian" became "Cajun", and generations of racial intermixing with non-French [[creole]]s created the distinctive Cajun culture.
[[Category:Louisiana]]
During the [[French and Indian War]], in what Cajuns refer to as the Great Upheaval of 1755, several thousand of these settlers were deported by [[Great Britain]], to whom the Acadians refused to swear loyalty. The Acadians were forced to move southward, with a great many finding a home in the Atchafalaya Basin. It was here that "Acadian" became "Cajun", and generations of racial intermixing with non-French [[creole]]s created the distinctive Cajun culture.
[[Category:Louisiana]]