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I just did my own research and went to many sites. The only churches I found mentioned were the Anglicans and Presbyterians. The Anglicans were trying to get rid of being tied to the Church of England. I even typed in, “were Catholics involved in our Declaration of Independence?” Not one site mentioned them. These sites did mention Christianity but no other denominations. I learned quite some time ago that most of the Mayflower passengers were Baptists and Methodists. That was after I discovered that 2 families, Brewsters and Allertons, are ancestors. I had no idea any were in my family tree and sure had no idea of their religions although many of my ancestors were Baptists and I found the church minutes of the church they attended in the early 1800’s. I love history.

No religious denomination that came to American was ran out of Europe by Catholics. They were ran out by other protestant denominations. No Catholics burned anyone alive in the northern colonies. But protestants damn sure fried other protestants that didn’t agree with their one-track mind.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton signed the Declaration. Daniel Carroll and Thomas Fitzsimmons signed the Constitution (3.4% of Declaration and Constitution signers were Catholic). Considering the small number of Catholics in the colonies (>1%), this is a large per capita contribution on the part of population that was forbidden to practice law, vote, publicly worship, and evangelize. The critical 10th Amendment was added by Danial Carroll.

Commodore Barry was a Catholic, and a large number of Catholics served in the Continental Navy, to the extent that can be determined.

When the United States was formed, the formation of an American Apostolic prefecture was requested, and duly established with the permission of Pope Pius VI. There was no Catholic conspiracy to undermine the US, no Papacy campaign to foment rebellion against the US, even in the face of Catholics still being barred from public office, in total defiance to the Founding Documents. It just didn't happen. Those who imagine such a thing are informed more by their own prejudices than by reality. Catholics served in the Revolution in disproportionately large numbers, especially considering the persecution they faced, but their tiny numbers ensured that their large contribution were still small in comparison to that of much larger populations.

My dear MB, just a mid-course correction:

Mayflower sailed: 1620-21

Passengers: about half were Pilgrims, the makeup of the rest being non-religious commoners who would come under the rule of the Pilgrims

Puritans/Quakers/Congregationalists came later. Baptists: came into being later, first London Confession not written until 1689

Methodists: Their chief architect was John Wesley, born 1703

Declaration of Independence: One Catholic signer, the rest non-Catholic or Deist, no Jews