The history of catholicism in America has very deeper and less triumphant roots. Many are aware of the fact that the spirit of New England's settlements were quite quite unaccepting towards Catholicism, but few realized the strength of the vigor that persisted throughout the colonial period. Henry the VII of England (1457~1509) sent explorers towards the end of the 15th century, but the actual settlement of the Americas was delayed until 1607, under James I, where permanent roots were established in Jamestown, Virginia. In early America, many anti-Catholic attitudes were concealed in laws passed by the legislatures of the colonies, sermons preached by colonial ministers, and various books and pamphlets published in the colonies or imported from England.