The Act for Religious Toleration
The first settlement in the United States to really ensure religious freedom was Rhode Island. Maryland followed close behind, with the Maryland Toleration Act.
Maryland Toleration Act was passed in 1649 by assembly of the Province of Maryland mandating religious toleration. The Colonists needed to attract venture profitable. In order to protect the Catholics from the immigrating Puritans and Protestants, the Calverts supported the Act Concerning Religion. The Act allowed freedom of worship for all Christians in Maryland, but sentenced anyone to death who denied the divinity of Jesus.
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Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Maryland were all founded on the basis of religious freedom. Massachusetts by the Puritans, Pennsylvania by the Quakers, and Maryland by the Catholics.
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The Act for Religious Toleration
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In 1664, the Maryland assembly passed the Toleration Act, which allowed religious freedom in the colony to all Christians.
The Maryland Toleration Acts of 1649 declared religious freedom to all Christian denominations.
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The Act of Toleration provided religious tolerance for all Catholic colonists and other religions who believed in the divinity of Christ in colonial Maryland. This DID NOT extend to other religions. Also it gave Anglicans religious freedom and it was proposed by Lord Baltimore.
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The first settlement in the United States to really ensure religious freedom was Rhode Island. Maryland followed close behind, with the Maryland Toleration Act.
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