To attempt to keep control of the land, the British government decided to develop a new naval centre for the colony in Halifax. In these discussions, little or no thought was given to the concerns of the Indigenous Peoples living in this region and it wasn’t long before the Mi’kmaq regarded the founding of Halifax, without their consent, as a breach of the terms of the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” they had signed with the British Crown in 1725. However, the British continued to expand in order to support their new naval establishment at Halifax.