Identify the Statement That Is False

question 123

Multiple Choice

Identify the statement that is false.  

• A) England took little interest in establishing its own overseas colonies in the first half of the 16th century.
• B) English society was disrupted by religious conflict when King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s.
• C) The Protestant Reformation resulted in years of a seesaw of the balance of power between Catholics and Protestants throughout England.
• D) Spain and England were long-time and bitter enemies in the first half of the 16th century.
• E) When Elizabeth ascended to the English throne in 1558, the rivalry with Spain intensified.

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