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British Public Debt, the Acadian Expulsion and the American Revolution

In: Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History

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  • Vincent Geloso

    (Texas Tech University)

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Starting in 1755, the French-speaking colonists of Atlantic Canada (known as the Acadians) were deported by the British. The expulsion was desired by the American colonists in New England but was ultimately opposed by the British government. In fact, the expulsion was enacted against the wishes of the Imperial government. Set against the backdrop of rising public debt in Britain, the costly expulsion of the Acadians (combined with the subsequent conquest of the French-speaking colony of Quebec) contributed to a change in policy course favoring centralization. Using public choice theory, I construct a narrative to argue that the Acadian expulsion contributed to the initiation of the American Revolution.

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  • Vincent Geloso, 2018. "British Public Debt, the Acadian Expulsion and the American Revolution," Studies in Public Choice, in: Joshua Hall & Marcus Witcher (ed.), Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History, chapter 0, pages 1-11, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stpchp:978-3-319-77592-0_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77592-0_1
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