. The student's American history . urch, or of excluding any other class of Christians ; in fact,under English law he could not have shut out Protestants hadhe been so disposed. But he was not so disposed ; on thecontrary, he invited them to take part in planting the firstsettlement in the American wilderness vvhich was open to allbelievers in Christianity.^*^ 120. Emigration to Maryland; St. Marys (1634) firstEnglish Catholic Church; Puritans ; toleration; Quakers. — Leonard Calvert, a brother of LordBaltimore, sailed (1633) ^^^ Marylandwith nearly two hundred colonists. Abouttwenty of them w
. The student's American history . urch, or of excluding any other class of Christians ; in fact,under English law he could not have shut out Protestants hadhe been so disposed. But he was not so disposed ; on thecontrary, he invited them to take part in planting the firstsettlement in the American wilderness vvhich was open to allbelievers in Christianity.^*^ 120. Emigration to Maryland; St. Marys (1634) firstEnglish Catholic Church; Puritans ; toleration; Quakers. — Leonard Calvert, a brother of LordBaltimore, sailed (1633) ^^^ Marylandwith nearly two hundred colonists. Abouttwenty of them were Catholic gentlemenwho went out to take up lands; mostof the remainder appear to have beenProtestant laborers. A settlement wasmade at St. Marys in 1634. Here anIndian wigwam was consecrated as aplace of worship. It was the first English Catholic churchopened in America. No other colony would have allowed itto stand even for a day. Under English law no colony couldhave rightfully permitted it to do so (§ 40). Nothing in Lord. 1634-1649.] ENGLISH AND FRENCH SETTLEMENTS. lOI Baltimores charter granted him permission to open such achurch ; but it seems to have been implied or understood. From the outset, Protestants and Catholics enjoyed equaland entire freedom. Puritans from New England were invitedto settle in the new colony. Governor Winthrop of Massachu-setts wrote (1643), that Lord Baltimore, being himself aPapist, offered land in Maryland to any of ours that wouldtransport themselves thither, with free liberty of ^ When Governor Berkeley of Virginia drove out the Puritansfrom the Old Dominion, a number fled to Maryland (1648-1649) and, like Roger Williams, founded a town which theynamed Providence — now Annapolis. In 1649 the MarylandAssembly, a majority of whom were Catholics, enacted astatute which confirmed and fully established Lord Baltimorespolicy of religious toleration. That act punished denial of theTrinity with death ; but it declared that no pers
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