Sweet story...

[Rhondazvous]

You are absolutely right.  No arguments.  I was painting in rather broad strokes to get my point across about Anglos and Francos, in Canada, today.
I could go into the entire history of New France, Creole, Acadien/Cajun,
....and even Huguenots...but we'd be here, awhile 

EDIT:  I sincerely hope I didn't offend you with my generalization.  I know the story of the Acadiens and the Mi'kmaq; I know the story of New France and the British Colonies and Québec....I actually have Huguenot ancestry, myself, and THAT's a whole nother story, too.

No! I'm delighted that you know about us at all. Most people just sweep us in with the other Canadian French, and we're nothing like them. In fact, we were often disinclined to get along with them at all, especially early on, because we had fled the fighting around La Rochelle on the west coast of France, and disdained all things of the nobility and the old empire. It's why we stayed so isolated until the 18th century (1710) thrust itself upon us, as the French and British both took interest in the region because the Brits built Halifax (and its harbor) as a fairly major naval base in the region.

If you have not read them, and you'd like to know more about our history and culture, I recommend the following three books, in order of recommendation:

The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765-1803 by Carl A. Brasseaux (which, despite the title, also contains the origins in l'Acadie.)

A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland by John Mack Faragher

The Cajuns: Americanization of a People by Shane K. Bernard

(As a bonus book, if you want something more cultural and more fun, try Gumbo Ya-ya: Folk Tales of Louisiana, edited by Saxon, Dreyer, and Tallant. "Ya-ya", or "aya", comes from an Afro-Caribbean word for rice, and forms the second half of the word Jambalaya, jambon + a la + aya, or roughly "ham-and-rice".)

Rock, you are a walking encyclopedia of Cajon history. Because of you, I will never confuse Cajuns and Creoles.