Why are Quebeckers different from Acadians?

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Quebec and Acadia served different functions in French Canada.

Quebec was an "inland" post whose main function was to maintain trade and cultural relations with the Indians, and may well have been influenced by them. The majority of its (French) people were "landlubbers," or at least that's the impression I get when reading the biographies of its leaders.

Acadia was a coastal or "maritime" region whose main focus was shipping and fishing. Judging from the biographies of its leaders, its inhabitants were more "sea," rather than "land," oriented.

It's like asking why are Midwestern Americans different from the New Englanders, or other inhabitants of the Atlantic coast. In some cases, the origins may have differed, but over time (150 years), the two "cultures" are different enough to produce different types of people, even if the origins were similar.

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