<P> The Acadians took refuge along the Baie des Chaleurs and the Restigouche River . Boishébert had a refugee camp at Petit - Rochelle, which was probably located near present - day Pointe - à - la - Croix, Quebec . The year after the Battle of Restigouche, in late 1761, Captain Roderick Mackenzie and his force captured over 330 Acadians at Boishebert's camp . </P> <P> After the French conquered St. John's, Newfoundland in June 1762, the success galvanized both the Acadians and the natives, who gathered in large numbers at various points throughout the province and behaved in a confident and, according to the British, "insolent fashion". Officials were especially alarmed when natives gathered close to the two principal towns in the province, Halifax and Lunenburg, where there were also large groups of Acadians . The government organized an expulsion of 1,300 people and shipped them to Boston . The government of Massachusetts refused the Acadians permission to land and sent them back to Halifax . </P> <P> Mi'kmaq and Acadian resistance was evident in the Halifax region . On 2 April 1756, Mi'kmaq received payment from the Governor of Quebec for 12 British scalps taken at Halifax . Acadian Pierre Gautier, son of Joseph - Nicolas Gautier, led Mi'kmaq warriors from Louisbourg on three raids against Halifax Peninsula in 1757 . In each raid, Gautier took prisoners, scalps or both . Their last raid happened in September and Gautier went with four Mi'kmaq, and killed and scalped two British men at the foot of Citadel Hill . Pierre went on to participate in the Battle of Restigouche . </P> <P> Arriving on the provincial vessel King George, four companies of Rogers Rangers (500 rangers) were at Dartmouth April 8 until May 28 awaiting the Siege of Louisbourg (1758). While there they scoured the woods to stop raids on Dartmouth . </P>

Why were the acadians driven from their homeland