If a colony has little to no natural resources, why would a European nation still want that territory?

The reason European countries wanted more colonies was that colonies helped countries accumulate wealth and power. ... Having more land also gave a country more global power and allowed them to establish strategic military positions across the world is this it ?

mythology i believe

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.