The Catholic Church condemned the list and asked the writer to recant it.
In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
The Catholic Church declared Luther's theses to be heretical. Since Luther did not retract his positions, he was excommunicated.
Whi his ninety five theses, Luther questioned the Catholic Church's sale of indulgences to reduce punishment in Purgatory for sins and claimed that faith led to salvation.
They wanted a tougher fugitive slave law because of the Underground Railroad too many of their slaves were escaping. They also wanted the northerners help return slave fugitives
Europeans were religiously motivated to spread their faith to other places and wanted to expand their relatively small country by acquiring more land. They also wanted more resources to trade to increase wealth and vary their own resources.
