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

Question

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

thecatman · Answer

Which of the following was an incentive for profit to settle the Mississippi Valley region?

 Availability of fish and furs

 Abundance of Native Americans to convert to Catholicism

 Mildness of the temperature of the region

 Excitement of the wilderness

thecatman · Answer

@KattGirl14

thecatman · Answer

@Nurali

anonymous · Answer

Which European power was able to purchase a valuable island with “a few toys”?
It is a apocryhal story associated with the eventual occupation of the Dutch in Manhatten and New York.  History should not perpetuate such stories unless they can be substantiated.

anonymous · Answer

And for the second one, I believe the correct answer is A, due to the fact that those resources of the time were very much in high demand.