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Catholics: The catholics during the 16 and 17th century practised Roman Catholic ways and were despised by puritans
Puritans: The puritans were English protestants in the 16th and 17th century which wanted to purify the church of england of roman catholic practices.
Quakers: Are the members of a group of Christian roots that began in England in the 1650s, they also go by the friends
Calvinists: Calvinism is a major branch of protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practices set down by John calvin
Answer: It decreased its territory by half
Explanation: Mexico had lost Texas, California, Nevada, Arizona and parts of other present-day American states.
Checks and balances, evenly distributed the power amongst the branches of government and disallowing one to have more power than another.
They wanted European powers to end