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- religious persecutions
-Spanish missionaries
-trade and conquest
-bring the faith
-French Missionaries
-not willing to colonize                and settle
-reformation

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Upon arrival to the new world, Catholics were not well received by the already residing Protestant community. Because of this, the Catholic faith became rooted in the home, and core teachings were focused to a family setting. This brought on the rise of Catholic education in America, which was then catalyzed in the colonies upon the passage of the Act of Toleration- granting the right to free worship to the colonizing people.

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-Established the Alta California missions.
-Missions purpose was to assimilate the native people into the Catholic faith and European values.
-Native Americans were attracted to the missions because of trade opportunities & pure curiosity
-Joined Catholic faith and became baptized.

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- http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/history/the-catholic-church-in-the-united-states-of-america.html

- http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/John_Carroll.aspx

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/nromcath.htm

http://immigrationtous.net/254-religion-and-immigration.html

-Pennock, Michael. This Is Our Church: A History of Catholicism. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria,2007. Print

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-No Bishop or Pope in America to say that slavery was wrong
-Catholics fought on Union & Confederates side
-Ministries sent religious sisters to both sides to aid the wounded
-showed that even in times of war the church could still stay united
-put halt to prejudice labels given to Catholic Church

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-America was trying to break from British rule
-Catholics were trying to build up their faith from bad reputation
-Catholics decided to fight alongside the colonists to gain their respect and more followers in the faith
-Catholics shared common goals with colonists through the Declaration of Independence and American Constitution which both deal with the natural law (human dignity)
-Declaration of Independence gave religious toleration to practice faith freely (John Carroll's cousin Charles Carroll signed)

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-Established a colony where Protestants and Catholics could coexist peacefully.
-Introduced Maryland to religious toleration (which gave Catholics a safe place to practice their religion).
-Maryland was the sole colony open to Catholicism.
-Today one of the largest Catholic states because of George Calvert.

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-First archbishop of the United States.
-Worked with George Washington and Ben Franklin for the Catholic faith to be integrated in the American life
-Did so by offering up prayers for the government.
-Able to gain religious tolerance for all Catholics.
-Supporter of parochial and secular schools such as Saint Mary's College and Seminary as well as Georgetown.