UK History: Chapter 7, Exercise 2 — Possible Solution ====================================================================== QUALIFICATION The source says the settlement transformed England gradually into a Protestant nation, and that Catholicism persisted among gentry families with underground priest networks. So passing the settlement did not make the country Protestant at once. REWRITE "Elizabeth's settlement combined reformed theology with Catholic structures, and England became Protestant gradually, with Catholicism persisting among some gentry." CAUTION I did not find how long the process took.