page_title: Protestant Revolution (Maryland)
section_title: Events leading to the Protestant Revolution of 1689
hierarchical_section_title: Protestant Revolution (Maryland) / Events leading to the Protestant Revolution of 1689
caption_attribution_description: A LAW OF MARYLAND Concerning RELIGION Foraſmuch as in awell-governed and Chriſtian Commonwealth, Matters concerning Religion the Honour of God ought to be in the firſt plane to betaken into ſerious conſideration, and andeavoured to be ſetted. Be it therefore Ordained and Enacted by the Right Honourable CÆCILIUS Lord Baron of Baltemore, abſolute Lord and Proprietary of this Province, with the Advice and Conſent of the Upper and Lower Houſe of this General Aſſembly, That whatſoever perſon or perſons within this Province and the Iſlands thereupto belonging, ſhall from henceforth blaſpeme GOD, that is curſe him; or ſhall deny our Saviour JESUS CHRIST to be the Son of God; or ſhall deny the Holy Trinity, the Father, Son, &amp; Holy Ghoſt; or the Godhead of any of the ſaid Three Perſons pf the Trinity, or the Unity of the Godhead, or ſhall uſe utter any reproachful ſpeeches, words, or language, concerning the Holy Trinity, or any of the ſaid three Perſsons thereof, ſhall be pu- niſhed with death, and confiſcation or forfeiture of all his or her Lands and Hoods to the Lord Proprietary and his Heirs. English: Large broadside on the Maryland Toleration Act. Deutsch: Titel: Dokument der Maryland-Toleranzakte
context_page_description: The Protestant Revolution of 1689, sometimes called Coode's Rebellion after one of its leaders, John Coode, took place in the Province of Maryland when Puritans, by then a substantial majority in the colony, revolted against the proprietary government led by the Roman Catholic Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore.
  The rebellion followed the "Glorious Revolution" in England of 1688, which saw the Protestant monarchs William III and Mary II replace the English, Catholic monarch King James II. The Lords Baltimore lost control of their proprietary colony, and for the next 25 years, Maryland would be ruled directly by the British Crown.
  The Protestant Revolution also saw the effective end of Maryland's early experiments with religious toleration, as Catholicism was outlawed and Roman Catholics forbidden from holding public office. Religious toleration would not be restored in Maryland until after the American Revolution.
context_section_description: Maryland had long practiced an uneasy form of religious tolerance among different groups of Christians. In 1649, Maryland passed the Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, a law mandating religious tolerance for trinitarian Christians. Passed on September 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, it was the first law requiring religious tolerance in the British North American colonies.
  The Calvert family, who had founded Maryland partly as a refuge for English Catholics, sought enactment of the law to protect Catholic settlers and those of other religions that did not conform to the dominant Anglicanism of England and her colonies.
caption: The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 allowed Catholics freedom of worship for 40 years
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