Answer to Question #92530 in History for Damariz

Question

Explain how the English handling of the Catholics in Ireland foreshadowed what was to come in the New World

Answer 1

The Catholic population of the United States began to grow during the first half of the 19th century primarily due to Irish and German immigration.

Irish Catholics were fleeing religious persecution by the Church of England, that's why it was one of the reasons for them to come to the New World.