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Maryland Act of Toleration
Definition
(Noun) An act which brought religious tolerance for all Catholic settlers in Maryland in 1649. This was the first document in the "New World" that gave tolerance.Usage: The Catholics were relived when they heard about the Maryland Act of Toleration.
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