What mission did Philip II attempt to accomplish?
A) Maintaining the Netherlands as a Catholic stronghold.
B) Incorporating all of Italy into his empire.
C) Defeating the Ottoman Turks and reestablishing Catholicism among the Protestants.
D) Maintaining a close relationship with England despite his fruitless courting of Queen Elizabeth.
E) Extracting as much gold and silver from the New World as was available.
C
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