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This is a brief highly readable history of the Catholic experience in British America, which shaped the development of the colonies and the nascent republic in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Historian Robert Emmett Curran begins his account with the English reformation, which helps us to understand the Catholic exodus from England, Ireland, and Scotland that took place over the nearly two centuries that constitute the colonial period. The deeply rooted English understanding of Catholics as enemies of the political and religious values at the heart of British tradition, ironically acted as a catalyst for the emergence of a Catholic republican movement that was a critical factor in the decision of a strong majority of American Catholics in 1775 to support the cause for independence

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xviii
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  1. Introduction. The Context of Colonization
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. 1. "To Sew the Holy Faith in His Land": The Calverts and the Beginnings of Caholic Setttlement
  2. pp. 21-40
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  1. 2. "Holy Church Shall Have All Her Rights, Liberties, and Immunities": Church and State in Early Maryland
  2. pp. 41-56
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  1. 3. "Aliens, Savages, and Enemies of the Kingdome": Maryland and the Repercussions of the English Civil War
  2. pp. 57-73
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  1. 4. "Much as They Do at Home": The Irish Diaspora and the West Indies
  2. pp. 74-102
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  1. 5. "The Miracle of this Age": Maryland and New York under the Restoration
  2. pp. 103-1251
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  1. 6. "Against a Common Enemy": The Glorious Revolution and Its Consequences in the Atlantic World
  2. pp. 126-149
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  1. 7. "Religion, Liberty, and Property": Maryland Catholics in the Early Penal Era
  2. pp. 150-172
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  1. 8. "Many to Attend, and Few to Attend Them": The Modes of Being an Outcast Community
  2. pp. 173-200
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  1. 9. "[Catholics,] by the Very Principles of That Religion . . . Can Never Be Faithful Subjects": The Peaking of Anti-Catholicism and the Seven Years' War
  2. pp. 201-225
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  1. 10. "Who is This Man That Calls Himself a Citizen?": Catholics and the Road of Independence
  2. pp. 226-245
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  1. 11. "The Wonderful Work of That God Who Guards Your LIberties": Catholics and the Revolution
  2. pp. 246-274
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  1. Epilogue: The Colonial Legacy
  2. pp. 275-284
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 285-298
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 299-317
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