Further , other historians have noted that civilian populations are often devastated during wartime . For example , there were five wars fought along the New England and Acadia border over the 70 years prior to the expulsion ( See French and Indian Wars , Father Rale 's War and Father Le Loutre 's War ) . During these wars , the French and Wabanaki Confederacy conducted numerous military campaigns killing British civilians and taking them captive . ( See the Northeast Coast Campaigns 1688 , 1703 , 1723 , 1724 , 1745 , 1746 , 1747 , 1750 . ) Acadian historian Maurice Basque writes that the term " ' genocide ' ... does not apply at all to the Grand Derangement . Acadie was not Armenia , and to compare Grand-Pré with Auschwitz and the killing fields of Cambodia is a complete and utter trivialization of the many genocidal horrors of contemporary history . " Concerning the use of 20th century terms such as " ethnic cleansing " and " genocide " to understand the past , historian John G. Reid states , " I 'm not sure that it 's the best way to understand 18th century realities ... What happened in the 18th century is a process of imperial expansion that was ruthless at times , that cost lives … . But to my mind , you ca n't just transfer concepts between centuries . " In 1847 , American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published a long , narrative poem about the expulsion of the Acadians called '' Evangeline '' , depicting the plight of the fictional character Evangeline The poem became popular and made the expulsion well known . The Evangeline Oak is a tourist attraction in Louisiana . The song " Acadian Driftwood " , recorded in 1975 by The Band , portrays the Great Upheaval and the displacement of the Acadian people . Antonine Maillet wrote a novel , called '' Pélagie-la-Charrette '' , about the aftermath of the Great Upheaval . It was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1979 . Grand-Pré Park is a National Historic Site of Canada situated in Grand-Pré , Nova Scotia , and preserved as a living monument to the expulsion . It contains a memorial church and a statue of Evangeline , the subject of Longfellow 's poem . The song " 1755 " was composed by American Cajun fiddler and singer Dewey Balfa and performed on his 1987 album Souvenirs , and later covered by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys on their 1994 live album . According to Acadian historian Maurice Basque , the story of Evangeline continues to influence historic accounts of the deportation , emphasising neutral Acadians and de-emphasising those who resisted the British Empire . In 2018 , Canadian historian and novelist A. J. B. Johnston published a YA novel entitled '' The Hat '' , inspired by what happened at Grand-Pré in 1755
Armenia
Armenian Genocide
Expulsion of the Acadians