What is the name given to forcible resettlement by british government of many original french colonists nova scotia new brunswick and pei?

The Acadian Expulsion, also known as Le Grand Dérangement ("The Great Upheaval"), was the forcible removal of Acadians, French settlers in the British colony of Nova Scotia, from their homes by the British government in the mid-18th century. The event occurred between 1755 and 1764 and resulted in the dispersion of the Acadians throughout the British colonies of North America and beyond.