Жан-Франсуа Бруссар: Акадияның көшбасшысы және қаһарманы

Leader of the Acadian people in Acadia (1702–1765)
the rice grower and miller in southeast Texas
Siege of Annapolis Royal (1724)
King George's War
Battle of Grand Pre
Father Le Loutre's War
Battle at Chignecto
Raid on Dartmouth (1751)
Raid on Lawrencetown (1754)
French and Indian War
Battle of Beausejour
Battle of Bloody Creek (1757)
Battle of Restigouche
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| laterwork = Led Acadians to Louisiana. Militia captain of the Acadians of the Atakapas Broussard is widely regarded as a hero and an important historical figure by both Acadians and Cajuns.

Broussard was born in Port Royal, Acadia, in 1702 to Jean François Broussard and Catherine Richard. His father came from Poitiers and his mother was born in Port Royal. He lived much of his life at Le Cran (present day Stoney Creek, Albert County, New Brunswick), along the Petitcodiac River with his wife Agnes and their eleven children. During Father Rale's War, Broussard participated in a raid on Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia (1724).

During King George's War, under the leadership of French priest Jean Louis Le Loutre, Broussard began a resistance movement against British rule in Acadia. Broussard's forces frequently included Mi'kmaq militia, long time allies of the Acadians. In 1747 he participated in and was later charged for his involvement with the Battle of Grand Pré.

During Father Le Loutre's War, after the construction of Fort Beausejour in 1751, Broussard joined Jean Louis Le Loutre at Beausejour. In an effort to stop the emigration of British settlers into Acadia, in 1749 Broussard was involved in one of the first raids on Dartmouth, Nova Scotia which resulted in the deaths of five British settlers. The following year, Broussard was in the Battle at Chignecto and then shortly afterward he led sixty Mi'kmaq and Acadians to attack Dartmouth again, in what would be known as the "Dartmouth Massacre" (1751). Broussard and the others killed twenty British settlers and took a few as prisoners. Cornwallis temporarily abandoned plans to settle Dartmouth. In late April 1754, Beausoleil and a large band of Mi'kmaq and Acadians left Chignecto for Lawrencetown. They arrived in mid May and in the night opened fire on the village. Beausoleil killed and scalped four British settlers and two soldiers. By August, as the raids continued, the residents and soldiers were withdrawn to Halifax. In the action of 8 June 1755, a naval battle off Cape Race, Newfoundland, on board the French ships Alcide and Lys were found 10,000 scalping knives for Acadians and Indians serving under Chief Jean Baptiste Cope and Acadian Beausoleil as they continue to fight Father Le Loutre's War. Broussard was also active in the fight against Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton in the Battle of Beausejour.

With Le Loutre imprisoned after the Battle of Beausejour, Broussard became the leader of the Acadian resistance to the expulsion of the Acadians (1755–1764), leading assaults against the British on several occasions between 1755 and 1758 as part of the forces of Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot. Unable to adapt to the climate and diseases that were killing Acadians, he led the group to settle in Louisiana. He was among the first 200 Acadians to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the Santo Domingo. On April 8, 1765, he was appointed militia captain and commander of the "Acadians of the Atakapas" the area around present day St. Martinville. His 21st century descendants include Celestine "Tina" Knowles and her two daughters Beyoncé and Solange.

The Cajun music group BeauSoleil is named in honor of Broussard. A New Brunswick group "Beausoleil Broussard" was very popular in the 1970s. Broussard is a character in the novel Banished from Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard, Grand Pre, Acadia, 1755 (2004) by Sharon Stewart. A dramatized, historically inaccurate version of Beausoleil is featured in the Acadian novel Pélagie la Charrette, by Antonine Maillet. Part of his militant Acadian hero story is told in the documentary feature "Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart" by Acadian director Phil Comeau.