Acadia (in the French language Acadie) is the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empire in northeastern North America that includei parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day New England, stretching as far south as Philadelphia.
People living in Acadia, and sometimes former residents and their descendants, are called Acadians, also later known as Cajuns after resettlement in Louisiana.The capital of Acadia is primarily Port Royal, until the British Conquest of Acadia in 1710.
