SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Question
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Spain wanted everyone to be Catholic.
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Protestants didn’t obey laws.
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Protestants were mean people.
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There were too many Protestants.
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Detailed explanation-1: -They believed that they were given the divine right and responsibility of Christianizing as many parts of the world as possible. Missionaries themselves were motivated by the desire to construct the Americas as the site of pure Christianity.
Detailed explanation-2: -The reformers rejected the authority of the pope as well as many of the principles and practices of Catholicism of that time. The essential tenets of the Reformation are that the Bible is the sole authority for all matters of faith and conduct and that salvation is by God’s grace and by faith in Jesus Christ.
Detailed explanation-3: -Francoist persecution In Franco’s authoritarian Spanish State, Protestantism was deliberately marginalised and persecuted. During the Civil War, the rebel forces persecuted the country’s 30, 000 Protestants, and forced many pastors to leave the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -As Spain expanded into the Americas, so did the Inquisition, established in Mexico in 1570. In 1574, Lutherans were burned at the stake there, and the Inquisition came to Peru, where Protestants were likewise tortured and burned alive.