Question

this passage describes the early years of the columbian exchange. based on this passage, why many inhabitants of the new world adopt the view that interaction with European settlers was harmful to their societies

Answer 1

I don't know your passage, but I can give some general reasons why the Columbian exchange was a negative event for the Native Americans:
-this exchange included the introduction of many diseases to which the Europeans were immune,but which lead to a death of an estimated 80% of Native Americans