Question

Which of these laws was enacted to protect Maryland's Catholics?

O A. the Act of Catholic Protection
O B. the Act of Toleration
O C. the Law of Religious Freedom
O D. the Maryland Compact​

Answer 1

B. The Act of Toleration

1649 the Maryland Governor passed the act.
Stated that all believers in Jesus should tolerate each other. Protestantism was gaining the upper hand, in a colony founded by Catholics fleeing persecution in England and parts of Europe.

WASP: White, Anglo Saxon, Protestant was prevailing prejudice in most of the colonies. Catholics were kept out of political office, upward mobility was limited.