 Rights to the territory of Nicolet was accorded in 1672 by Jean Talon, passing through several hands in the next thirty years.Significant land development began at the opening of the 18th century, with the construction of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Jesuit mission in 1701, a chapel in 1710, a presbytery in 1722, and a second church being raised in 1740.The first Acadian settlers arrived in 1756, after their expulsion by the British, who had defeated the French in the Seven Years' War.