toleration
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In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.
From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2021
The 17th-century thinker John Locke argued this point in his book, "A Letter Concerning Toleration."
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2021
In A Letter Concerning Toleration, Locke argued for tolerance at a time when religious uniformity was enforced by law in the wake of the Reformation.
From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2019
Duly Noted: On this date In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.
From US News • Apr. 21, 2015
But even before the passage of the English Toleration Act of 1689 the persecution had died down.
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Williams, Harrison
Vocabulary lists containing toleration
European Colonization of North America, Lessons 3–5
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Chapters 7–9
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