Handout D: Religion and America’s Past Toleration, Liberty, or Both? Graphic Organizer

Handout D: Religion and America’s Past – Toleration, Liberty, or Both? Graphic Organizer

Directions: After reading your excerpt from Handout C, place a check mark in the column that you believe best fits that document: is it an example of religious toleration, religious liberty, or both? Finally, write one sentence explaining why you categorized it as you did.

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1. “A Plea for Religious Liberty” by Roger Williams, 1644, essay
   1. Toleration, liberty, or both?
   2. Reasoning
2. Act Concerning Religion, Maryland, 1649, state legal document
   1. Toleration, liberty, or both?
   2. Reasoning
3. Charter of the Colony of Rhode Island, 1663, colonial legal document
   1. Toleration, liberty, or both?
   2. Reasoning
4. Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, 1701, colonial legal document
   1. Toleration, liberty, or both?
   2. Reasoning
5. Massachusetts Constitution, 1780, state legal document
   1. Toleration, liberty, or both?
   2. Reasoning
6. Statute for Religious Freedom, Virginia, 1786, state legal document
   1. Toleration, liberty, or both?
   2. Reasoning
7. United States Constitution, 1789, national legal document
   1. Toleration, liberty, or both?
   2. Reasoning
8. The First Amendment, 1791, national legal document
   1. Toleration, liberty, or both?
   2. Reasoning