The huguenots were:
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a. french protestants who fought a civil war against catholics.
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b. english catholics who sided with spain against queen elizabeth i.
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c. austrian monarchs who fought against the ottoman empire.
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d. german peasants who rebelled against high taxes and rents.
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A.

Explanation:

they were French Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who followed the teachings of John Calvin. Prosecuted by the French Catholic government during a violent period, Huguenots fled the country in the 17th century creating Huguenot settlements all over Europe, in the United States and Africa.

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