page_title: Plundering Time
section_title: End of rebellion
hierarchical_section_title: Plundering Time / End of rebellion
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 Plundering Time, also known as "Claiborne and Ingle's Rebellion", was a period of civil unrest and lawlessness in the English colony of the Province of Maryland.
context_section_description: In 1647, the Rebellion was finally put down by Maryland Governor Lord Baltimore, who successfully led Maryland colonial forces against the Parliamentary privateers and regained control of the colony effectively ending the rebellion initiated by Claiborne and Ingle.
  Succumbing to illness, Lord Baltimore died the following summer in 1648.
caption: Following the end of the  "Plundering Time" the Maryland colonial assembly passed the Maryland Toleration Act allowing Catholics freedom of worship in the Protestant majority colony.
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