Yes, but the Catholic minority of Maryland was quite influential still and a free Maryland would have been expected to be a place for subsequent Catholic immigration to the new Republic - which it was.
“Yes, but the Catholic minority of Maryland was quite influential still...”
Oh yes, that's why Catholics couldn't hold office, had restrictions on land ownership, could not have public Masses, etc. Quite influential, quite influential.
If by “quite influential,” you mean “not entirely snuffed out,” I'd guess that's not too far from the truth. But it literally took the Revolution and the formation of the United States for Catholics to regain their civil rights in Maryland.
“...a free Maryland would have been expected to be a place for subsequent Catholic immigration to the new Republic - which it was.”
Not really. Maryland has never been much more than 25% Catholic, in SPITE of being founded as a refuge for Catholics. Points north drew far more Catholic immigrants than Maryland ever did.
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Enjoyed the first two episodes of this series.
Some notes:
When independence was being debated someone blurted out ‘GD the King’
John Adams mentioned that achieving independence meant ‘Hope’ for the future.
A number of times while watching, it seemed that the ‘control’ and ‘taxation’ that the colonists resisted against has come back in modern American times!
You are incorrect; the Catholic religion was banned in Maryland in 1688. Only one Catholic - from Maryland- signed the Declaration