Catherine de Médicis convinced the king to execute the Protestant leaders in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre because she claimed that __________.
A. the Guise family had plotted to kill him and take the throne for themselves
B. a Protestant coup was afoot and that he must save the crown from an attack on Paris
C. Protestant leaders were conspiring with the Spanish
D. the Huguenots had already massacred thousands of peasants
Answer: B
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