The correct statement is Europeans and Native Americans were less different than their crops were.
<h3>Exchange of Land</h3>
The land was viewed by Europeans as a commodity, something that could be purchased, sold and assigned to a specific owner.
Native Americans were opposed to the idea of land as a commodity, especially when it came to private ownership.
Indian communities would sell land as a result, although in their minds they had just surrendered the rights to use the property.
In actuality, it appears that they retained their right to occupy the land they sold to the Dutch in addition to selling it.
When one realizes that the Indians likely never planned to give up Manhattan Island, the famous transaction to buy it for sixty guilders loses part of its effect as a wonderful real estate deal.
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