SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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passed by the Carolina Assembly
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the first law in North America to allow all people to worship as they pleased
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the first law in North America to allow all Christians to worship as they pleased
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, the first law in North America requiring religious tolerance for Christians. It was passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary’s City in St. Mary’s County, Maryland.
Detailed explanation-2: -Toleration for nonconformists In 1689, after much debate, Parliament passed the Toleration Act “to unite their Majesties Protestant subjects in interest and affection". It allowed most dissenters – though not all – the freedom to worship publicly, provided they took a simplified version of the oath of allegiance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Toleration Act, (May 24, 1689), act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to Nonconformists (i.e., dissenting Protestants such as Baptists and Congregationalists). It was one of a series of measures that firmly established the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) in England.
Detailed explanation-4: -Edict of Milan, proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire. It was the outcome of a political agreement concluded in Mediolanum (modern Milan) between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius in February 313.