Acadia (A Shot of Bourbon)

Acadia (French: Acadie) was founded as a colony of New France in northeastern North America that borders eastern Quebec, and modern-day New England, naturally bordered by the Kennebec River. During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries, Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were the southernmost settlements of Acadia. The actual specification by the French government for the territory refers to lands bordering the Atlantic coast, roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels. Later, the territory declared independence from the Bourbon Empire, and became a Federal Republic. The population of Acadia includes members of the Wabanaki Confederacy and descendants of emigrants from France (i.e., Acadians). The two communities intermarried, which resulted in a significant portion of the modern population of Acadia being Métis.

French Colony - Attempted depopulation
In 1714 the British government attempted to vacate the French territory of Acadia by giving them one year to declare allegiance to Great Britain or leave the area (claimed by the British as "Nova Scotia"). This attempt was met with criticism and grassroots rebellion by the agricultural Acadians, beginning a series of grassroots skirmishes known as La Guerre d'Acadie (The Acadian War). The war became one of the last major battlefronts of the Third Indian War as French and Iroquois military aid began during early 1715.

Province of Bourbonia
As a province of the Bourbon Empire, the department of Acadia operated as a colonial protectorate of France, with a governing style modeled after the neighboring Provinces of Quebec and Canada.