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Halifax. By June 1757, the settlers had to be withdrawn completely again from the settlement of Lawrencetown because the number of Indian raids eventually prevented settlers from leaving their houses. (Throughout the war, the Mi'kmaq and Acadian militias were also successful in containing the British settlements of
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and a large band of Mi'kmaq and Acadians left Chignecto for Lawrencetown. They arrived in mid-May and in the night opened fire on the village. Broussard killed and scalped four British settlers and two soldiers. By August, as the raids continued, the residents and soldiers were withdrawn to
123:, offered land grants to twenty families, who referred to their settlement as Lawrence's Town, which became Lawrencetown. The Acadians and natives resisted the British occupation of Nova Scotia and Acadia by raiding the various communities. In late April 1754, at the outbreak of the 103: 91:. The British quickly began to build other settlements. To guard against Mi'kmaq, Acadian and French attacks on the new Protestant settlements, British fortifications were erected in Halifax (1749), Bedford ( 1014: 87:
with 13 transports on June 21, 1749. By unilaterally establishing Halifax, the Mi'kmaq believed the British were violating earlier treaties (1726), which were signed after
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The community name of Lawrencetown was adopted on October 4, 1921, but changed to '
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Diane Marshall. Heroes of the Acadian Resistance. Formac. 2011. p. 110-111
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Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)

rural
community
Halifax Regional Municipality
Nova Scotia
Father Le Loutre's War
French and Indian War

John Brewse
Father Le Loutre's War
Edward Cornwallis
Halifax
Father Rale's War
Fort Sackville
Lunenburg

Charles Lawrence
Nova Scotia
Lieutenant Governor
Charles Lawrence
French and Indian War
Joseph Broussard
Dartmouth
Lunenburg
Fort Edward
Fort Sackville
Eastern Shore
Halifax Harbour
East Lawrencetown

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