Why Did the English Make Use of the Argument That

Why did the English make use of the argument that Catholic Spain was uniquely murderous and tyrannical?

A) to justify their efforts to overthrow the Spanish monarchy
B) to disparage the practices of Puritans and other separatists
C) to present their own imperial endeavors as being in support of the cause of freedom
D) to present the Catholics living in Ireland as more civilized by comparison
E) to prevent the English underclass from fleeing to the New World