How did religious intolerance in Europe influence those people who chose to settle in the New World? options:

A)Fearing religious persecution, many settlers fled to the New World in hopes of being able to practice their religion freely.

B)Due to the fact that Protestantism was so widely accepted in Europe, only Catholics were threatened and saw the New World as an opportunity to escape persecution.

C)Believing they were safe because of wide-spread religious tolerance in Europe, only the poor would be motivated to leave to find new opportunities.

D)Religious intolerance played no role in the motivations of European settlers.