Identify the Statement That Is False

Identify the statement that is false.

A) England took little interest in establishing its own overseas colonies in the first half of the 16^th 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 16^th century.
E) When Elizabeth ascended to the English throne in 1558, the rivalry with Spain intensified.