<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British</a> governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lawrence_(British_Army_officer)" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)">Charles Lawrence</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> Council order the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Expulsion of the Acadians">deportation</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadians" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Acadians">Acadians</a>.