<span>Although most of the settlers were Protestants, Maryland soon became one of the few regions in the British Empire where Catholics held the highest positions of political authority. Maryland was also one of the key destinations of tens of thousands of British convicts. The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 was one of the first laws that explicitly dictated religious tolerance, though toleration was limited to Trinitarian Christians. </span><span>
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from what I understand it should be (b) seems more like it's to protect the statement
The two types are, qualitative and quantitative
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Fur traders. Jesuits also travelled there to spread Catholicism.