Maryland Toleration Act

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colonial law religious toleration law statute

The Maryland Toleration Act was a 1649 colonial law that granted limited religious freedom to Trinitarian Christians and is considered one of the earliest legal protections for religious toleration in what became the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649	4
Maryland Toleration Act canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial law ⓘ religious toleration law ⓘ statute ⓘ
aimedAtProtecting	Catholic settlers in Maryland ⓘ Protestant settlers in Maryland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Act Concerning Religion ⓘ
appliesTo	Trinitarian Christians ⓘ
appliesWithin	boundaries of the Province of Maryland ⓘ
associatedWith	Maryland proprietors ⓘ surface form: Catholic proprietors of Maryland Baron Baltimore ⓘ surface form: Lord Baltimore
considered	one of the earliest legal protections for religious toleration in what became the United States ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Colony of Maryland ⓘ
dateEnacted	1649 ⓘ
enactedBy	Colonial Assembly of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland colonial assembly
enactedIn	Colony of Maryland ⓘ
excludes	non-Christians ⓘ non-Trinitarian Christians ⓘ
geographicContext	Southern Colonies ⓘ surface form: Chesapeake colonies
governingBody	Colonial Assembly of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland colonial assembly
grants	freedom of worship to Trinitarian Christians ⓘ limited religious freedom ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Colonial America ⓘ surface form: colonial America
historicalSignificance	early example of legal religious toleration in English North America ⓘ
influencedBy	Catholic-Protestant tensions in Maryland ⓘ English religious conflicts of the 17th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	Province of Maryland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legacy	important precedent for religious liberty in the United States ⓘ
legalCategory	religious legislation ⓘ
legalProtectionFor	religious toleration ⓘ
legalStatus	colonial statute ⓘ
legalSystem	English colonial law ⓘ
location	Maryland ⓘ
partOf	early American legal history ⓘ
precedes	later American constitutional protections of religious freedom ⓘ
purpose	to protect the free exercise of religion for Trinitarian Christians ⓘ to reduce religious conflict in Maryland ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
religiousScope	Christianity ⓘ Trinitarian Christianity ⓘ
scope	colony-wide ⓘ
subject	church and state ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ
temporalContext	17th century ⓘ
typeOfFreedom	freedom of conscience for Trinitarian Christians ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colony of Maryland → religiousTolerationLaw → Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ

Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore → influenced → Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

this entity surface form: Maryland Toleration Act of 1649

Maryland charter of 1632 → predecessorTo → Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Toleration Act of 1649

St. Mary's City, Maryland → hasLawEnactedNearby → Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Toleration Act of 1649

Province of Maryland → legalDocument → Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ

Baron Baltimore → influenced → Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Toleration Act of 1649