How did the counter-reformation in Europe most impact the settlement of European colonies in the Americas?
A. The Catholic Church created special settlements in the Americas for non-catholics who were being persecuted by various European monarchs
B. Catholic persecutions of Protestants in England led to the great Puritan migration to New England during the 1600s
C. Catholic monarchs in France and Spain Finance special voyages to the Americas to give non-catholic Protestants and Jews opportunities to freely practice their religions without persecution
D. Catholic persecutions of Protestants and Jews resulted in voluntary enforced migrations of various religious groups in the Americas