1844 riots in greater Philadelphia provoked by the anti-Catholic political party, 'Native Americans,' occurring on May 6 and 8 and July 6 and 7, 1844. The Nativists, wearing tall beaver hats, fought the Pennsylvania State Militia in Philadelphia. Fighting killed 24 and burned down two Catholic churches. Tensions built up in 1844 when the Roman Catholic bishop persuaded school officials to use both the King James and Latin Vulgate bibles.
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