The Edict of Nantes was passed in France by Henry IV on April 13, 1598. It allowed the Huguenots, a Protestant group, religious freedom.
The Huguenots.
The Huguenots.
The Protestants in France also known as the Huguenots or Calvinists.
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
The French leader who came to America seeking religious freedom was John Law. He was a Scottish economist and financier who established the Mississippi Company and sought to create a French colony in Louisiana, promoting it as a refuge for French Protestants. Although not a traditional political leader in the sense of a head of state, his efforts were significant in the context of French colonial ambitions and the search for religious tolerance during that period.
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.