An important consequence of the defeat of the Spanish Armada was that
A) France came to dominate Spain.
B) Catholicism was swept from western Europe.
C) England found the seas more open to their control.
D) the Reformation extended into Spain.
E) Spain was forced to relinquish its New World empire.

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The defeat of the Spanish Armada gave England control of the seas and paved the way for English colonization and expansion in the New World. This allowed England to become a dominant world power and establish a vast empire, including territories in North America, the Caribbean, and India.

An Important Consequence of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada