Treaty of Portsmouth ( 1713 ) The Treaty of Portsmouth , signed on July 13 , 1713 , ended hostilities between Eastern Abenakis with the British provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire . The agreement renewed a treaty of 1693 the Indians had made with Governor Sir William Phips , two in a series of attempts to establish peace between the Wabanaki Confederacy and colonist s after Queen Anne ' s War . Queen Anne ' s War . During the War of the Spanish Succession , France began a conflict with England which would extend to their colonies . Called Queen Anne ' s War in the New World , New France openly fought New England for domination of the region between them , with the French enlisting the Abenaki tribes inhabiting it as allies . Occasionally under French command , Indians attacked numerous English settlements along the Maine coast , including Casco ( now Portland ) , Scarborough , Saco , Wells , York and Berwick , in New Hampshire at Hampton , Dover , Oyster River Plantation ( now Durham ) and Exeter , and down into Massachusetts at Haverhill , Groton and Deerfield , site of the Deerfield Massacre . Houses were burned , and the inhabitants either killed or abducted to Canada . The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 , however , restored peace between France and England . As part of the agreement , Acadia fell under British sovereignty . When the Indians realized that they could no longer depend on the French for protection , the sachem s sought a truce , and proposed a peace conference to be held at Casco . Joseph Dudley , governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire , agreed to a conference , but chose instead to host it at Portsmouth , New Hampshire , which was protected by the guns of Fort William and Mary . For a more detailed timeline of events leading from first contact to the 1713 treaty , see references and resources . Articles of agreement . On July 11 , 1713 , Governor Dudley and various dignitaries from New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bay ( which then included Maine ) met with delegates from Abenaki tribes , including the Amasacontee , Maliseet , Norridgewock , Pennacook , Penobscot and Sokoki . The agreement was read aloud by sworn interpreters to the sachems , eight of whom on July 13 signed with totem ic pictograph s . Others would do so the following year after similar interpretation at another convention . " Being sensible of our great offense and folly , " the Indians agreed to : At the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth were also the St John River Maliseet [ Wolastoqiyik ] , Mi ' kmaw ( Mi ' kmaq ) , and Abenaki [ Aln8bak ] nations of Acadia . According to a Mi ' kmaw History Post - Contact timeline , the treaty ensured they were not to be molested in their lands and were " to enjoy free liberty for hunting , fishing , fowling , and all other lawful liberties and privileges " . The Wabanaki regarded the Treaty of Portsmouth as the reaffirmation of the Treaty of 1699 at Mare ' s Point , limiting British settlements to the west of the Kennebec River , while the British also would keep Port Royal ( Annapolis Royal ) . The Mi ' kmaq and Maliseet stated that Acadia [ Lnue ' gati ] belonged to them , and that the French King could not give it to the English King , since he did not own it . The British made efforts to win over the Wabanaki by using superior goods and ceremonial presents for the fur trade . They also tried to have the Wabanaki expel French soldiers and priests from their villages , but without much success . The Mi ' kmaq did not sign the Treaty of Portsmouth . The British saw the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht and Treaty of Portsmouth as an opportunity to regain the settlements of Saco , Scarborough , and Falmouth , and a new chance to exploit the Wabanaki territories between the Kennebec and St Croix rivers , in violation of the treaty . Aftermath . The English failed to fulfil their obligations under the treaty . Massachusetts did not , as promised , establish official trading posts selling cheap goods at honest prices to the Indians . Tribes were forced to continue exchanging their furs with private traders , who were notorious for cheating them . In addition , Indians regarded as threats the British blockhouse s being built on their lands , and objected to ongoing encroachment of settlers on lands they claimed . Their discontent was encouraged by Sebastien Rale and other French Jesuit priests embedded with the tribes who promoted New France ' s interests . In response to what they perceived as British violations of the Treaty of Portsmouth , the Abenakis resumed raids on the encroaching British settlements . Consequently , on July 25 , 1722 , Governor Samuel Shute declared war against the Eastern Indians in what would be called Father Rale ' s War . Boundary struggles between New France and New England would continue until the Treaty of Paris in 1763 .