The Maryland Assembly resolved many of those disputes in 1649 by passing a law that allowed all Christians to worship freely. This legislation is known as the Maryland Toleration Act, which aimed to ensure religious freedom for Christians in the colony and was significant in the history of religious tolerance in America.
Settlers in Maryland struggled to resolve various disputes in the early days of the colony. The Maryland Assembly resolved many of those disputes in 1649 by passing a law that
-extended citizenship to all american indians
-allowed men without property to vote in elections
-granted farmland to former indentured servants
-allowed all christians to worship freely
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