Some laws may have been passed based on religion, however the governor recently started to get rid of all these "old and unnecessary regulations".
Calvert wrote the Maryland Toleration Actand encouraged the colonial assembly to pass it .And They passed it on April 21, 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.
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it was a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians. it was passed in the colony of Maryland in 1649
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.
Maryland Toleration Act
Maryland was originally founded as a Catholic Haven in the New World by Lord Baltimore. One of his goals was to create a land with free practice of religion. As such it was highly tolerant until Puritans took control of the government and promptly passed a series of laws that virtually made it illegal to be a Catholic.
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The Toleration Act of 1649 was passed in Maryland because the Protestants outnumbered the Catholics
The Toleration was a law passed in 1649 by the colonial assembly of the Province of Maryland mandating religious toleration of all Christian Denomination. As the first such law, it is often seen as a precursor to the First Amendment.