The Dutch paid $24 to the native americans who lived there.
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The island of Mannahatta, now called Manhattan. The Dutch built Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in 1625, and from this grew New Amsterdam.
Peter Minuit paid in trade goods with a value of 60 guilders or about $1,000.00 not the $24.00 worth of beads and trinkets that some allege.
The Dutch bought Manhattan island because, the Dutch were scared that the American Indians might attack the settlers.cool that why
Reportedly, the head of the New Amsterdam Trading Company bought the island of Manhattan from the Native American tribes that laid claim to the island. The "price" Peter Minuit paid was in beads said to be worth 17 dollars.
Yes Peter Minuit was the person who "bought" Manhattan from the Native Americans.
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Manhattan was purchased by the Dutch from the Native Americans in the early 17th century. This transaction took place in North America.
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Yes, Manhattan (especially Upper Manhattan) is very hilly. That is why the Native Americans who lived there named it, "Manahata," which means, "island of many hills."
Manhattan. He bought it for 24$.
The island of Mannahatta, now called Manhattan. The Dutch built Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in 1625, and from this grew New Amsterdam.
the purchase of Manhattan Island from the Native Americans
By selling it to native Americans for $24 dollars worth of manufactured goods.
Peter Minuit paid in trade goods with a value of 60 guilders or about $1,000.00 not the $24.00 worth of beads and trinkets that some allege.
Minuit is credited with purchasing the island of MANHATTAN from the Native Americans in exchange for traded goods.
The Dutch paid Native Americans the equivalent of about $24 worth of goods in American money for Manhattan island in 1626.