B. Main Idea: European groups and individuals came to the Americas to escape religious conflict and
spread their faith.
1. Detail: The Protestant
the leadership of the
happened because many people began to question
2. Detail: English King.
and his daughter, Queen
forced their
subjects to follow the Protestant religion. Catholics were unhappy about it but had to obey
because they didn't want to lose their
and fortunes.
3. Detail: King Philip II of
sent an armada toward England to try to overthrow
Protestantism. The English defeated it and ended Spain's control of the.
4. Detail: Spanish, French, Dutch, and English settlers in the Americas tried to spread their faith
Among