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You obviously have a better grasp of Acadian history but the Acadian plight should be put in a larger context.  The Acadians refused to sign a British loyalty oath.  The French army at Fort Beausejour paid for British scalps and enlisted willing Acadians in their service.  They simply bet on the wrong horse.

The French in Quebec and their Indian allies spent 150 years attacking settlements in New England.  They even killed a couple of my direct ancestors.  When Fort William Henry surrendered to the French, they did not protect the prisoners from attack and death by Indians.

While the Acadians may claim they were too busy smelling roses and tripping over daisies to have any warlike thoughts, I suspect they would have gleefully danced on British graves.

I've met tons of Acadians and they're all very fine people.  Exactly how many le Blancs are there in the Moncton phone book?

Acadians were referred to as "French neutrals" because that is what they were...and they refused the 'serment du test' because it included elements contrary to the catholic faith.
It is also not exact to claim there was no oath to the English crown: there was one, but not to the satisfaction of the English.
If the neutrality of the bulk of people is questioned, the French too considered to deport them because they were neutrals.
Under this pretext Acadians were restricted in or barren from retaining or exercising property rights for a long time.
For your information 1755 takes place AFTER the English had received formal possession of Canada.

http://acadian-home.org/18thCen-Newspapers.html

March 26, 1759
Boston Evening Post

Extract of a Letter from Fort Frederick, St. John’s.

The 5th of March Lieut. Hazzen of the Rangers came in from a Scout of 15 Days, with a Party of 16 Rangers, up the River St. John’s; he brought in with him six French Scalps and six Prisoners. Lieut. Hazzen reports, that he has been to St. Anne’s, which is 140 Miles up this River, from Fort Frederick, to where it was expected he would have found a strong Garrison of the Enemy; but on his Arrival he found the Town vacated, which he set Fire to, burnt a large Mass-House with a Bell of about 300 lb. A large Storehouse, and many valuable Buildings, amounting in the whole to 147, together with a large Quantity of Hay, Wheat, Pease, Oats, &c. kill’d 21 Horses, about 50 Head of Cattle, a Number of Hogs, &c. and that he took the Prisoners and Scalps with 11 of his Party, on his Return near Grimnoss, which is about 85 Miles from this Place, who give an Account that a Number of the Enemy live six Miles back of Grimnoss, and that the Inhabitants of St. Ann’s are chiefly gone to Canada, the Remainder scattered in the Woods : He was pursued by about 30 or 40 of the enemy, but not overtaken, and that he found a large new Schooner up this River which was taken lately by the French from Capt. Grow, he brought one Horse with him to Fort Frederick, where he arrived in good Health without the Loss of one Man.

Governor Lawrence's proclamation may 14, 1756 offered 30 pounds reward for every scalp.


But the point is not that...
Do you feel like making the same statement you made about Acadians here (=they somewhat had it coming ) inserting some other 'special group' victim of the same treatment in the place of Acadians?
If so, on which ground?
If not so, why?