Question

Which of the following describes a major impact of the Protestant Reformation on North American colonization?

A. It sparked a war between Spain and Great Britain that temporarily halted colonization.
B. It inspired many colonists to give up on aggressive efforts to convert American Indians to Christianity.
C. It led to religious persecution that motivated many Europeans to seek new lives in the colonies.
D. It promoted the idea that Europeans had a God-given right to possess all the world’s territory.

Answer 1

C, it led to religious persecution because non-Catholics were being discriminated against. And people in countries who switched to Protestantism were oppressing people who practiced other religions. 

Answer 2

C. It led to religious persecution that motivated many Europeans to seek new lives in the colonies.

Step-by-step explanation:

With a hostile and threatening religious and political climate in England, due to religious persecutions, many Puritans decided to leave the country during the 17th century. Most of the Puritan and Quaker families established in the British colonies in the Americas, seeking for the freedom to practice their religion in a peaceful environment. The Puritans created a deeply religious, socially tight and politically innovative culture that is still present within the modern United States. They expected this new land to serve as a "redeeming nation." They fled England and, in America, tried to create a "nation of saints:" an intensely religious and completely just community designed to be an example for all of Europe.