What percentage of the population of Ireland was catholic in the 1700s?

context important. without it there would be no reason for specific choices and regulations.

Explanation:

After the American Revolution and the project of building the new nation was underway, there were a number of debates over institutional structure and how to arrange state and national governments and they were as vicious as they were significant. people were anxious to create a similarly oppressive government to the one they fought against.