The Douglas Treaties, also called the Fort Victoria or Vancouver Island treaties, were signed between the British colonists and 14 First Nations — mostly in the South Island area — from 1850 to 1854. The treaties gave settlers land in exchange for goods and continued access for the indigenous people.

Douglas stopped negotiating treaties in 1854 as the expansion of the colony was slow and relatively few settlers were arriving. This all changed when the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 hit, and 25,000 gold miners flooded to Vancouver Island and then over to the mainland in search of their fortunes.

The Douglas Treaties cover approximately 930 square kilometres (360 sq mi) of land around Victoria, Saanich, Sooke, Nanaimo and Port Hardy, all on Vancouver Island that were exchanged for cash, clothing and blankets. These fourteen land purchases became the fourteen Treaties that make up the Douglas Treaties.

The Numbered Treaties were used as political tools to secure alliances and to ensure that both parties could achieve the goals they had set out for their peoples — both at the time of Treaty-making and into the future.

The Numbered Treaties were a series of 11 treaties made between the Crown and First Nations from 1871 to 1921.

It is an outcome of consensus. Treaty comes into existence by the consent of the party State. So it can come to an end by mutual Consent. There are three ways for termination of by mutual consent see in Detail >>>> Termination of Treaties by Mutual Consent.

The previous treaty will be terminated if it’s the implied or established intention of the signatories. There are different consequences for different kinds of treaties. If the treaty is bilateral and one of the parties has caused a material breach of the treaty, then the other may use it to bring the treaty to an end.

Ratification: approval of agreement by the state Once the treaty has been signed, each state will deal with it according to its own national procedures.

The Constitution gives to the Senate the sole power to approve, by a two-thirds vote, treaties negotiated by the executive branch. The Senate does not ratify treaties. On July 10, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson asked for a quick consent to the Treaty of Versailles.

How are Supreme Court Justices selected? The President nominates someone for a vacancy on the Court and the Senate votes to confirm the nominee, which requires a simple majority. In this way, both the Executive and Legislative Branches of the federal government have a voice in the composition of the Supreme Court.

According to the Congressional Research Service, the average number of days from nomination to final Senate vote since 1975 is 67 days (2.2 months), while the median is 71 days (or 2.3 months).