Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Colonization Attempts

Which of the following statements accurately describes the colonization attempts made by Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh?

A) They received little or no economic support from the English government.
B) They received substantial monetary incentives from the English crown.
C) They laid claim to land already considered by the Spanish to be Spanish territory.
D) They resulted in the loss of many settlers due to disease yet were the first permanent English settlements.
E) They were the first settlements with the primary aim of establishing a society with freedom of religion.