Why was it so important to European kings to find a water route to Asia? What were they attempting to avoid? What were they attempting to gain?

To help you out this is what I think the answer is They believed that if they found a new and faster trade route it would be cheaper to get the goods. In 1488, King John II of Portugal sent a man by the name of Bartholomeu Dias to explore the southernmost part of Africa. this is for the first part of your question, for your second one this is what the answer is  they wanted to be the ones that where the ones who wanted the most land. they didnt want anyone else to have something they didn't.

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Watch Pirates of the Caribbean On a strangers tide then you see what i mean.

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informed opinion on immigration policy and immigration reforms from the american pubic is not complicated but a nuance. most americans support secure borders and they are not happy that the national’s immigration system is broken. people think that immigrants that shoulder similar responsibilities like native americans should be able to become americans. in the recent polls, stats have shown that there is a good support for tenets of comprehensive immigration reform. for example, in recent polls concerning opinions on immigration reforms, voters want congress to act even if status quo has no support. immigration opponents suggest that latino and non-latino voters disagree and there is controversy in the issue of citizenship.the truth is that the issue is about its leadership and problem-solving aspect and not about immigration reform.the opponents of immigration reforms advocate for the promotion of two myths where the first one is that republican politicians have a choose on latino votes and the second one is that the path to citizenship for unrecorded immigrant is controversial among all this !