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Maryland's Toleration Act of 1649 Is Significant Because It

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The Act of Toleration was passed in Maryland in 1649. Asked Apr 18 2017 in History by Brittany528. Exploring U S History Indentured Servitude Genealogy History Family Genealogy Family History Officially titled An Act Concerning Religion this law was designed to protect Trinitarian Christians in the Maryland colony. . This understanding of the act is true but only in the most limited ways. From Marylands earliest days Cecil Calvert had enjoined its colonists to leave religious rivalries behind. Marylands Toleration Act of 1649 is significant because it granted freedom of worship to all who accepted the divinity of Jesus Christ. Marylands toleration act of 1649 is significant. However without the Toleration Act as a precedent we might not have ever had. Why did the Puritan experiment in the New World last only a few short generations. Thus by 1649 when the law was passed the colonial assembly was dominated b...