16. Which of these statements BEST describes the political and religious situation in Europe at the end of the sixteenth century?(1 point)
Catholic nations intervened in English affairs and reinstated Catholicism as the state religion.
Europe remained divided over political and religious issues.
Rulers in Southern and Eastern Europe adopted Protestantism as their nations' official religion.
Most of the German states in the Holy Roman Empire reinstated Catholicism at their official relgion by 1650.