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Catholic Religion Dbq

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Catholic’s in Maryland would be the smallest group throughout the colonies. There was only about 3,000 Catholics out of 25,000 people in Maryland. The Catholic religion would exercise their faith a lot in Maryland. The Catholics in Maryland would not listen or follow the Liberty of Conscience statement, so they would just pretend that they accepted it and would move on. Catholics in this area would think that the statement was unlawful. This time in Maryland no Catholic Priest could hold office. The Catholic community would not be happy about this event, and they would not accept it lightly. In 1692 the Royal Governor Lionel Copley would come and give very deep instructions. He would then give an oath to all officeholders, but the one religion

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