Answer:
The correct answer is A, as the statement is true. The Toleration Act of 1649 was passed in Maryland because the Protestants outnumbered the Catholics.
Explanation:
The Maryland Toleration Act, which came into force in 1649 in the English colony of Maryland, was one of the first laws expressly to tolerate other Christian denominations than the Church of England. It is considered a forerunner of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Due to the large number of Christian confessions that were already to be found in the American colonies in the 17th century, such a policy of tolerance was actually essential. Cecilius Calvert, the Catholic Lord Proprietor of the Province of Maryland is considered the author of the Act. Calvert wrote this law in response to the growing arrival of Protestant settlers to the colony, which endangered the tranquility of the Catholic settlers who were the original inhabitants of Maryland.
