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it was the first state to prohibit slavery
They were called Pilgrims because their trip from England was a religious pilgrimage. They were escaping the restrictions there on how they practiced their form of Protestant Christianity.
In Colonial America, the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 allowed religious freedom to all Christians (of a 'Trinitarian' conviction), including Catholics. After controversy and conflict, this tolerance-legislation was followed up with yet more in 1658. A century later, the United States of America would follow up with formal toleration for all religious persons in its Constitution (Article VI, Paragraph 3) and First Amendment.
Rhode island was the very first place that true religious tolerance was practiced according to my American History Book!
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RHODE ISLAND first promoted religious tolerance under the leadership of Baptist minister Roger Williams. He believed that conviction should be the result of the working of the Holy Spirit and not of law or other forms of coercion.
Maryland was the first colony to promote religious tolerance.
Maryland was the first colony to promote religious tolerance.
Maryland was the first colony to promote religious tolerance.
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The majority of colonists who came to America for religious freedom. Most of the Plymouth colonists practiced the Quaker religion.
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