American Protestants were afraid of the increased catholic immigration since <u>they felt threatened by the idea of America becoming a Catholic country. </u>
- On the one hand, Catholics believed a different Christianity than Protestants. Protestants, as opposed to the Catholic church, thought the following:
- Less hierarchy in church structure.
- The Bible and, not the sacraments, as source of revelation from God
- Jesus as the only necessary intercessor with God.
- There was an prejudice from anti-catholics that has to do with social class or status of the inmigrants. <u>Protestants from upper classes</u>, believed that the inmigrants were poor, therefore, they associated them with crime, danger and laziness.
- The fear from the American protestants created by the massive flow of catholic inmigrants, was so big that even a popular national organization, the <u>American Protective Association</u>, was founded to promote anti-Catholicism.
Answer:
because it was a trade route
Explanation:
<span>Until then, fish were caught by Native Americans or just a few commercial fisherman</span>
Similarities between Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar are:
Both Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar were strong leaders, with visions for the new Republic to shape the future of Texas. They both spent time with bands of Indians in their middle ages and underwent through little schooling
