SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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allowed Protestant settlers to move to the colony of Maryland even though it was founded by Catholics.
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symbolized the American value of protecting the freedom of individuals and minority groups.
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provided an example of how a representative democracy can pass laws in a fair and just manner.
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proved that conflicts over beliefs about God can be solved once-and-for-all by human beings.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Maryland Act of Toleration, passed in 1649, was significant in that it provided religious freedom to Christians. Maryland passed “An Act Concerning Religion, ” also called the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649. The act was meant to ensure freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 ensured religious freedoms to Christian settlers of different denominations who settled in Massachusetts. Lawmakers hoped that it made Massachusetts a more desirable location for immigration and was the first law to protect religious freedom in the Thirteen Colonies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Maryland Toleration Act also called “An Act Concerning Religion” was a legislative act passed in 1649 which granted freedom of religion to colony settlers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cecil Calvert, the first proprietor of the Province of Maryland and the 2nd Lord Baltimore, wrote the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649, prohibiting discrimination of Trinitarian Christians.
Detailed explanation-5: -Toleration Act passed: compulsory attendance at parish churches abolished. Act prohibiting trade with the Royalist colonies Virginia, Bermuda, Barbados and Antigua. General-at-Sea Ayscue to be sent to recover Barbados.