Nova Scotia
Acadia of the French regime. The present name dates from
1621, when Sir William Alexander (q.v.) obtained from King James I a
grant of all the territory now constituting the provinces of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick. After many vicissitudes the territory was finally
ceded to England. Halifax was founded in 1749, as the capital of the
young colony; and in 1784 New Brunswick was made a separate colony.