How Anti-Catholicism Fueled the American Revolution

I read the Boston Massacre began when Protestants sang a anti-Irish tune in front of Irish Catholic red coats.

Jon

1912, the English Cardinal Gasquet flatly declared that “the American Revolution was not a movement for civil and religious liberty; its principal cause was the bigoted rage of the American Puritan and Presbyterian ministers at the concession of full religious liberty and equality to Catholics of French Canada. “ Yes, he noted, people were upset by taxation but that could have been resolved if not for the “Puritan firebrands and the bigotry of the people.”

How Anti-Catholicism Helped Fuel the American Revolution
posted by swaldman | 8:55am Wednesday April 16, 2008
Pope Benedict XI, it is said, admires America’s religious freedom and history. I do too, especially where we have ended up. But as we focus this week on the role of Catholics in America, it’s worth remembering just how…