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∙ 13y agoThe Protestants in France also known as the Huguenots or Calvinists.
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∙ 13y agoThe Huguenots who were protestant followers of John Calvin.
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∙ 13y agoThe Calvinists also called the Huguenots.
Who was the French leader who came to America for religious freedom
Spain and France primarily came for gold, but the English also came for farmland, employment, political freedom, practice trade, religious freedom.
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Puritanism was the established religion in the New England colonies and no religious freedom was allowed. Many nationalities established themselves including Irish, French and French Canadian, Italian, English, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and Russian.
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The Huguenots.
The Huguenots.
The Edict of Nantes was passed in France by Henry IV on April 13, 1598. It allowed the Huguenots, a Protestant group, religious freedom.
Who was the French leader who came to America for religious freedom
The Edict of Nantes, proclaimed by Henry IV of France in 1598, granted religious freedom to the Protestant Christians of France known as Huguenots. This Edict ended many years of religious-based conflict in France.
French Huguenot
HUGUENOTS
name of the french fort near st.augustine
He granted French Huganots freedom in the Edict of Nantes, and converted to Catholiscism to appease the people.
The Edict of Nantes
Spain and France primarily came for gold, but the English also came for farmland, employment, political freedom, practice trade, religious freedom.
The wars concluded with the issuing of the Edict of Nantes by Henry IV of France, which granted a degree of religious toleration to Protestants. Henry IV was a Huguenot, and he became the first Protestant king. Though he had to become a Catholic for political reasons, the Edict of Nantes was the first step towards religious freedom in France.