H Because, Maryland forbade religious persecution.
Calvert wrote the Maryland Toleration Actand encouraged the colonial assembly to pass it .And They passed it on April 21, 1649.
Maryland was the colony who pass the toleration act in the year 1649.Also Maryland was in the southern colonies.
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.
The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649.The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649.
What came first the passengers on the ship mayflower signed compact to form a goverment or the maryland assembly passed the toleration act?
The Toleration Act applied to Maryland
The year was 1649. The assembly of the province of Maryland demanded toleration and the act was born. It was made with protecting the catholics from protestants and puritans in mind and was later revoced by Oliver Crommwell.
Fearing that Catholics might lose their rights, Lord Baltimore got the assembly to pass the Act of Toleration in 1649. It welcomed all Christians and gave adult male Christians the right to vote and hold office.
Fearing that Catholics might lose their rights, Lord Baltimore got the assembly to pass the Act of Toleration in 1649. It welcomed all Christians and gave adult male Christians the right to vote and hold office.
In 1664, the Maryland assembly passed the Toleration Act, which allowed religious freedom in the colony to all Christians.
So that catholics could have religious freedom.