Why did european nations start looking for an ocean route to asia?

The reason why European nations started to look for an ocean route to Asia was because they wanted to find a a better place to trade with. Asia was home to many different spices and also home to fabrics like silk. Asia had many other resources to that were able to be traded.

Cherokee  removal, part of the trail of tears, refers to the  forced  relocation between 1836 and 1839 of thecherokee  nation from  their lands ingeorgia, south carolina, north carolina, tennessee, texas, and alabama to the indian territory (present day oklahoma)  in  the thenwestern united states, and the resultant deaths