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Elizabeth I had a lot of support from Protestants. During her sister Mary's reign Catholicism was the official religion and Protestantism was outlawed. One of Elizabeth's first acts as Queen was to outlaw Catholicism and make Protestantism the official religion.

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More likely I prefer Martin Luther's supporters called Protestants "Because of their protests against the church,Luther's supporters became known as Protestants. Hoped this helped! (⌒▽⌒)

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