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
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.
The Dutch, which is now Delaware, passed the toileration act whcih gvae rleiiguos fedreom to all Csrhitains.
Protestants and catholics
The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649.The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649.
Maryland
Maryland
The Toleration Act of 1649 was passed in Maryland because the Protestants outnumbered the Catholics
to have religous freedom
Maryland was the colony who pass the toleration act in the year 1649.Also Maryland was in the southern colonies.
The Maryland Toleration Act.
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.
to have religous freedom
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.
because of intolerance in Protestant England, Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic aristocrat, wanted to start a colony where he could freely practice his Roman Catholic religion. He founded Maryland in 1634 from land granted him by King Charles I. To protect religious freedom, the colony passed a Toleration Act in 1649. This act allowed all Christian settlers to worship as they wished. It was the first legislative act of religious toleration in the colonies.
willingness to allow diversity