SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Detailed explanation-1: -2. The founding of Maryland and goals of the colony: ยท First proprietorship colony chartered in 1632. Cecil Calvert, the first proprietor, was Catholic. Calvert wanted to establish a Catholic aristocracy of large landowners who would profitably rent out their land to others and would control the colonial government.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -New England was dominated by Puritan Congregationalism, influenced by the years of Protestant rule in England. English Catholics had become a minority beginning with the reign of Henry VIII, and with the notable exception of Mary and the Stuart line, continued to be so thereafter.
Detailed explanation-4: -Catholics escaping religious persecution in England saw Maryland as a safe haven. The colony even passed an act ensuring religious liberty and justice to those who believed in Jesus Christ in 1649.
Detailed explanation-5: -Rhode Island became the first colony with no established church and the first to grant religious freedom to everyone, including Quakers and Jews.