“I pray for the day in which my countrymen are converted to the Catholic Faith in sufficient numbers that we will elect Catholic leaders and amend our Constitution to give Jesus Christ and the Church He established rightful place in our government.”
FIVE Church-States that persecuted (or hindered) independent Christians:
(1) Roman Catholic countries
(2) Russian Orthodoxy
(3) Church of England
(4) Lutheran Germany
(5) Calvin’s Geneva
(6) Early America.
To your list add
(6) The Massachusetts Bay Colony
(7) Cromwell’s England