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"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
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"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"?

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The Dutch.

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I got it right on (FLVS).

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Answer:

The Dutch.

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They bought Manhattan with "a few toys", small items that paled in comparison to an entire island.

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