<span>France wanted to break the power of the Catholic Hapsburgs monarchs, who ruled in Spain, Austria, and the Holy Roman Empire. So, the helped the Protestants... :)</span>
It was kind of a 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing. France wanted to break the power of the Catholic Hapsburgs monarchs, who ruled in Spain, Austria, and the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany). One way to do this was to side with the Protestants, who also fought against the Hapsburgs in the Holy Roman empire.
The true statement about BOTH Grady and Douglass is: <span>B) Both men were nineteenth-century authors. Grady is well known for his writings about the pros and cons of industrialization, while Douglass is well known for his writings about the life that's experienced by the slaves.</span>