"No person or persons whatsoever within this province... professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth be in any ways troubled, molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion, nor in the free exercise thereof... nor any way compelled to the belief or exercise of any other religion against his or her consent." — An Act Concerning Religion (the Maryland Toleration Act), 1649
The act passed in the same year as which event in the English Atlantic world?
- A
The chartering of the Hudson's Bay Company
- B
The signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War
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The execution of King Charles I and the rise of Cromwell's Commonwealth
- D
The Glorious Revolution and accession of William and Mary
Explanation
Charles I was executed in January 1649 and the Toleration Act passed that April. The Calverts feared a Puritan-dominated Parliament would target Catholics, prompting them to enshrine toleration in statute.