Which of these statements best describes the role Elizabeth I played during the English Reformation?(1 point)

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She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Protestantism as England's official state religion.
She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Protestantism as England's official state religion.

She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Catholicism as England’s official state religion.
She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Catholicism as England’s official state religion.

She restored Catholicism as England's official state religion after executing a large number of Protestant opponents.
She restored Catholicism as England's official state religion after executing a large number of Protestant opponents.

She established the Protestant Church of England after breaking with the Catholic Church.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes the role Elizabeth I played during the English Reformation is:

She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Protestantism as England's official state religion.

Elizabeth I aimed to create a middle way, often referred to as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, which established Protestantism as the official religion but sought to accommodate some Catholic practices and beliefs to reduce religious conflict.