What was the major reason for Catholics migrating to the Americas from

England during the 1600s?

(A) The return of a Catholic sovereign to the English monarchy granted

them greater rights to establish colonies.

(B) The papacy called upon English Catholics to migrate as a protest to

Anglican rule.

(C) The Catholic migrants would provide Catholic nations such as France

and Spain with military support within their colonial possessions.

(D) Catholic nations in Europe granted them lands within the southern

region of the New World.

(E) English Catholics wanted to escape the persecution they faced under

Anglican rule.

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Jaslyn Bailey

4 July, 10:16

What was the major reason for Catholics migrating to the Americas from

England during the 1600s?

(A) The return of a Catholic sovereign to the English monarchy granted

them greater rights to establish colonies.

(B) The papacy called upon English Catholics to migrate as a protest to

Anglican rule.

(C) The Catholic migrants would provide Catholic nations such as France

and Spain with military support within their colonial possessions.

(D) Catholic nations in Europe granted them lands within the southern

region of the New World.

(E) English Catholics wanted to escape the persecution they faced under

Anglican rule.

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One major reason for Catholics migrating to the Americas from England during the 1600s was that " (E) English Catholics wanted to escape the persecution they faced under Anglican rule," since this was now the official Church of England.