The correct answer is A) The Renaissance gave rise to the protestant reforming and reduced the power of the Catholic Church.
The statement that most accurately describes the consequences of the Renaissance in Europe is "The Renaissance gave rise to the protestant reforming and reduced the power of the Catholic church."
The Protestant Reformation initiated by Martin Luther challenged the political power Catholic Church had in that time. The Pope and the Roman Catholic Church exerted a total dominion and control of people's belief systems and Reformators considered that that dominion had generated corruptive practices inside the Church. Reformation followed ideas of the Renaissance and many branches were formed such as the Anglicans, the Methodists, Calvinists, Baptists, and Lutherans.
The mid-Atlantic colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn primarily because of his devotion to religion freedom. Penn was a Quaker who believed that there should be a place where all religions are welcome.
They may prefer appointment of judges rather than election to avoid having judges who have biases towards cases & people that they judge upon? (Hopefully that helps a little, I hope it isn't confusing)
He wanted to give citizen a more powerful voice in the government
