Is this true?

[puzzleannie]

The following quote is from another board, and my history is not that great so I’m not sure how to respond to this:

“To me, the sad part is, everyone is all about “preserving our history”, but few seem to want that to involve what our country was TRULY founded on - freedom from the Roman Catholic church so that they can pursue other faiths.”

no source, no context, so no comment

 

[VetA]

Actually the first colony with a freedom of religion was overseen by Lord Baltimore… a CATHOLIC! LOL

americanhistory.about.com/od/biographiesaf/p/biobaltimore.htm

indeed

 

[Dale_M]

“To me, the sad part is, everyone is all about “preserving our history”, but few seem to want that to involve what our country was TRULY founded on - freedom from the Roman Catholic church so that they can pursue other faiths.”

Atrocities by Catholics against Protestants (and vice versa) in Europe did happen, and some of that may have driven immigration to North America. The Huguenots are an example. But I don’t think such persecution was the basis of founding any colonies.
loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html

Note: many of those atrocities occurred before any colonies existed in North America.