Of course in time this turned out to be false.
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Excellent, all is going according to plan.
The inquisition had very little too do with it, the protestant populace of america had grown to enjoy their autonomous independant churches, and felt that those churches served their communities better. Also they feared that Catholic politicians would force conversion on the populace, much like (the settlers being english) Henry VIII and his successors had done in england.
Also there is always the narrow-minded bigot variable.