The Toleration Act of 1649 was passed in Maryland to provide protection to the Catholics who had become a minority in the state founded to give them refuge. England at that time was strongly under the control of the Puritan sect which was firmly anti-Catholic.
it was a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians. it was passed in the colony of Maryland in 1649
Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was passed in 1649 by the assembly of the Province of Maryland mandating religious toleration.
willingness to allow diversity
Protestants and catholics
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.
The Toleration Act of 1649 was passed in Maryland because the Protestants outnumbered the Catholics
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it was a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians. it was passed in the colony of Maryland in 1649
to have religous freedom
The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649.The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649.
certainly the eastern shore of maryland was settled by former servants identured in virginia they had been trading with natives for years col claibourne and his followers were protestant and with quakers settled the maryland eastern shore in the years leading up to the the toleration act of 1649
Calvert wrote the Maryland Toleration Actand encouraged the colonial assembly to pass it .And They passed it on April 21, 1649.
Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was passed in 1649 by the assembly of the Province of Maryland mandating religious toleration.
The Act of Toleration was passed in Maryland in 1649. The act gave Christians the right to practice their religion and could punish others who were not Christians.
The Maryland Toleration Act.
The toleration Act granted freedom to Christian to be welcomed in Maryland. The law was passed in 1649.