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Royal Proclamation declares that aboriginal land is recognized by the crown and can only be acquired by treaty -
Captain Cook explores the coast of British Columbia -
A British colony is established on Vancouver Island. The Hudson's Bay Company was given the rights to trade by the crown and were instructed to purchase First Nations land. -
A settler colony is established on BC mainland as new immigrants flocked to the gold rush. -
One of the worst small pox epidemics hits BC killing around a third of the BC First Nations population.