The Royal Proclamation of 2003, formally known as "Proclamation Designating 28 July of Every Year as "A Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval", Commencing on 28 July 2005", is a document issued in the name of Queen Elizabeth II acknowledging the Great Upheaval (or Great Expulsion or Grand Dérangement), Britain's expulsion of the Acadian settlers from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, beginning in 1755.