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PLEASE HELP Explain with as much detail as you can why the trade for the native Americans was both a good thing but yet, a very bad thing.

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Initially, white colonists viewed Native Americans as helpful and friendly. They welcomed the Natives into their settlements, and the colonists willingly engaged in trade with them. They hoped to transform the tribes people into civilized Christians through their daily contacts.

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