FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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sign an oath of allegiance
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become a Mexican citizen
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convert to the Catholic religion
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bring slave with them
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Detailed explanation-1: -(a) Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, founded Maryland as a place for Catholics to worship freely.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most of the Catholic population in the United States during the colonial period came from England, Germany, and France, with approximately 10, 000 Irish Catholics immigrating by 1775, and they overwhelmingly settled in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Detailed explanation-3: -Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the Puritans for religious reasons.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Catholic Church has been a presence in the United States since the arrival of French and Spanish missionaries in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Spanish established a number of missions in what is now the western part of the United States; the most important French colony was New Orleans.