Maryland Toleration Act (1649)
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Act_Concerning_Religion
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
April 21, 1649
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
Maryland General Assembly
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Maryland Toleration Act (1649)
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| gptkbp:influenced |
later American laws on religious freedom
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Cecil_Calvert,_2nd_Baron_Baltimore
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| gptkbp:limitation |
Christians who believed in the Trinity
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Province_of_Maryland
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| gptkbp:penalty |
death or confiscation of property
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| gptkbp:prohibits |
blasphemy against the Trinity
denial of Jesus Christ's divinity |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to ensure religious freedom for Trinitarian Christians
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| gptkbp:repealedBy |
1654
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| gptkbp:restored |
1657
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| gptkbp:significance |
one of the first laws guaranteeing religious tolerance in the English colonies
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Colony_of_Maryland
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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