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Post by hannahhundeby on Oct 19, 2010 10:35:08 GMT -5
While I was reading about the Quebec Act I found that some of the provisions included legal quarantee of rights, culture , religion and traditions. It also stated that the Thirteen Colonies were offended by granting French Catholics equality with English Protestants. I realize that it made the French have more legal quarantees but I just don't understand why this equality provision was so extreme. Why were the Thirteen Colonies so offended by the equality of religion?
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Post by Mr. Delainey on Oct 20, 2010 12:51:58 GMT -5
Historically speaking, Protestants and Catholics have not gotten along very well. In fact, there are still protestant groups that don't even think Catholics are even Christians (and there's the belief the pope is basically satan). So, yeah, if we still have the problem in 2010 why did they have it back in 1776?
People who differ in their value systems have a tendency to dislike one another. I think this tendency reflects human nature. Now, with that said, not all protestants and Catholics hated one another; however, in the late 18th Century (1770s) the idea of mutual tolerance was really just being established. Many of the political values that form the basis of our current democratic system developed around this time. I'm impressed that there was as much religious toleration at the time as there was to be honest.
For more information on this see: French Wars of Religion on wikipedia or the Thirty Years' War. Both of these conflicts will place religious conflict into perspective for you.
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