Why Was the Act for Religious Toleration of 1649 Significant

question 26

Multiple Choice

Why was the Act for Religious Toleration of 1649 significant?

• A) It protected Puritans in Massachusetts from religious persecution and was America's first law affirming freedom of worship.
• B) It allowed Native Americans to perform their own religious rites in "praying towns."
• C) It embodied the fundamental anti-authoritarian tenets of the Antinomians.
• D) It protected Catholics in Maryland from religious persecution.
• E) It promoted social stability in the British West Indies.

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