APUSH and YOU

Like mentioned before, the French residents were given two options after the land switched hands. Only in 1755 was this rule enforced. The British forced almost all the French out of the land at gunpoint. This event was called Le Grand Derangement.
At a later time, after the Seven Year's War, in 1763 more Canadian land got ceded to the Brits. This forced more French off the now British land into New England, not at gunpoint though. Many left because of the bad crop land and short harvest seasons. In New England, there was common ground between all in the French language, Roman Catholicism, and their history and culture. They were able to work in lumberyards and textile mills, and settle in the woods in the North.