During their early encounters with the French, the Mi’kmaq traded animal furs and pelts for manufactured goods. This, as well as the Mi’kmaw belief that no one, not even them, owned the land, led to an alliance between the Mi’kmaq and the French, which resulted in the French Acadians settling the area (which they called Acadie) in 1605. Acadie incorporated many parts of Mi’kma’ki which today are known as Nova Scotia, PEI, as well as most of New Brunswick. However, this all changed with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, wherein the French granted possession of most of Acadie, land that was not theirs to grant, to the British.