Use the quote to answer the question: “The natives are only too happy to share…for a copper kettle and a few toys, as beads and
hatchets, they will sell you a whole Country…” Which European power was able to purchase a valuable island with “a few toys”? The British
The Dutch
The Spanish
The French
The Dutch was able to purchase a valuable island with “a few toys”. The Dutch bought the island of Manhattan for the rock-bottom price of some beads, a few knives, and an assortment of odds and ends. This may be one of the best deals of the 1600s.
