Maryland Toleration Act of 1649

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Act_Concerning_Religion
gptkbp:dateEnacted	April 21, 1649
gptkbp:enactedBy	Maryland General Assembly
gptkbp:excludes	gptkb:Atheists gptkb:Jews gptkb:non-Trinitarians gptkb:Unitarians
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:colonial_Maryland
gptkbp:influenced	later American laws on religious freedom
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:English_Civil_War
gptkbp:limitation	Christians who believed in the Holy Trinity
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Province_of_Maryland
gptkbp:penalty	death or confiscation of property
gptkbp:protectedGroup	gptkb:Trinitarian_Christians
gptkbp:purpose	to ensure religious freedom for Trinitarian Christians
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:repealedBy	1654
gptkbp:restored	1657
gptkbp:significance	one of the first laws guaranteeing religious tolerance in British North America
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Cecil_Calvert,_2nd_Baron_Baltimore
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Colonial_Maryland
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Maryland Toleration Act of 1649