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What was the Toleration Act of 1649?
Creating America: A History of the United States, McDougal Littell, 2005, page 104
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Creating America: A History of the United States, McDougal Littell, 2005, page 104
The Toleration Act of 1649 promised religious freedom in order to attract Protestants (colonists) to Maryland. Lord Baltimore initially established Maryland as a safe haven for Catholics fleeing persecution.
Creating America, pg. 102