What Contributed to Higher Literacy Rates in the British Colonies

Multiple Choice

What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America?

A) Protestantism,which was practiced by most British colonists,encouraged reading the Bible for oneself.
B) The British government invested massive funds into building libraries throughout North America.
C) Spanish and Portuguese colonizers thought Native Americans could not be taught to read.
D) The Spanish and Portuguese governments discouraged literacy among the colonial population.