What was the initial reason for Columbus’s journey to the New World? (1 point) Responses to seek religious freedom as a result of the split of the Protestant Reformation to seek religious freedom as a result of the split of the Protestant Reformation to find a sea route to Asia that would give Spain direct access to valuable products of Asia to find a sea route to Asia that would give Spain direct access to valuable products of Asia to build a colony in North America to take advantage of fur trading to build a colony in North America to take advantage of fur trading to establish a slave trade route from the Americas to Africa to Europe

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The initial reason for Columbus’s journey to the New World was to find a sea route to Asia that would give Spain direct access to valuable products of Asia.