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How did the battle between Catholic Spain and Protestant England play out in the New World?

A.
Queen Elizabeth seized Spanish territory and had Catholic churches destroyed.

B.
King Philip sent his armada to North America to destroy the Protestant American colonies there.

C.
New Catholic nations united with Spain to fight the spread of Puritanism.

D.
Protestant England defeated the Spanish Armada and began establishing Protestant colonies in the Americas.

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Answer:

B.

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User Kirill Bubochkin
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Answer:

The right answer here is D.

Step-by-step explanation:

The failure of the Spanish Armada in 1588, sunk by terrible weather and blocked by the English navy to approach English shores, allowed Elizabethan England to pursue a more active colonization of the New World.

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