Hello /r/AskHistorians
I was wondering if the same reasons guided the U.S. to only have 1 Catholic President before it voted in an "African American" President, as were the reasons for all the wars related to Catholic English Royalty?
From my understand the general support was fear that the Pope would rule the country (and there for the church would have a great influence) however a much more plausible reason for the nobles to continue to fight against a Catholic Royalty was either to maintain the status quo or protect their own holdings against either preceived threats of the royalty or church.
Well, in England the King/Queen is the head of the Church of England, and legally cannot be Catholic.
In the US there is no such rule. I think the fear of the pope was something real in the past, but I don't know how much of an issue it is now.