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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Act_Concerning_Religion
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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April 21, 1649
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:Maryland_colonial_assembly
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gptkbp:excludes
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gptkb:non-Trinitarians
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:English_Civil_War_period
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Maryland Toleration Act
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gptkbp:influenced
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later American laws on religious freedom
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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English religious conflicts
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gptkbp:limitation
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gptkb:Trinitarian_Christians
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gptkbp:locationEnacted
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gptkb:Province_of_Maryland
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gptkbp:penalty
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death or confiscation of property
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gptkbp:purpose
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to ensure religious freedom for Trinitarian Christians
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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1654
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gptkbp:restored
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1657
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gptkbp:significance
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one of the first laws guaranteeing religious freedom in British North America
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:Cecil_Calvert,_2nd_Baron_Baltimore
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Cecil_Calvert
gptkb:Province_of_Maryland
gptkb:Maryland_Colony
gptkb:Cecilius_Calvert
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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