Map of the Area of the 10 February 1760 Treaty

Historical Background: In 1756, Britain and France were at war again. After February 1760, when the British had captured Quebec and effectively ended French power in North America, the Aboriginal peoples quickly decided to seek out the British to make peace. Some of the first to do so were the Passamaquoddys and Malecites. In Halifax, on 23 February 1760, they signed a treaty acknowledging "King George III as sovereign and accepting blame for having broken the peace".

Source: Daugherty, W.A. Maritime Indian Treaties in Historical Perspective. Ottawa: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1983.