The destruction and failure of the Spanish Armada against England in 1588:
a. did not affect the Spanish Empire overseas.
b. led to anti-Catholic pogroms in England.
c. led to the independence of Holland who challenged Spanish colonization in the New World
d. Established Great Britain as a world power.
ANSWER: c
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