Implementation in English Colonies
The terms of the Act of Toleration within the British colonies in America were applied either by charter or by acts by royal governors. The ideas of toleration as advocated by Locke (which excluded Catholics) became accepted through most of the colonies even in the Congregational strongholds within New England (which had previously punished or excluded dissenters). The colonies of Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Delaware, and New Jersey, went further than the Act of Toleration by outlawing the establishment of any church and allowing a greater religious diversity. Within the colonies Catholics were allowed to freely practice their religion only in Pennsylvania.
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