Maryland's Act of Establishment was the establishment of Anglicanism by the Maryland General Assembly as the State religion of Colonial Maryland supported by taxes. The act divided the Province of Maryland into 30 Anglican parishes, orders toleration for all Protestant Dissenters, removes political disadvantages placed on Quakers and allows Catholics to worship in the their own homes. The law also effectively removes the right of professed Catholics and Jews to hold office. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1692/06/02 | The Maryland General Assembly passes an "Act for the Service of Almighty God and the Establishment of the Protestant Religion Within Maryland," which creates a church supported by general taxes. | Maryland, United States of America |
| 1692/07/00 | St Paul's is founded under the Establishment Act, by the General Assembly of Maryland under Lionel Copley, Governor of Maryland, in the Province of Maryland under the Lord Proprietorship of the Lords Baltimore. | St Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD |
| 1695/00/00 | The vestry of St James' Parish, Old Herring Creeke, orders a church built on the present site. | St James Church, Bristol |
| 1702/00/00 | The English monarchy gives Royal assent to the Establishment Act. | |
| 1735/00/00 | His Lordship's Governor and the Maryland Assembly pass legislation to levy a tax on the residence of the parish, Anglican or not, to be collected the sheriff and paid to the vestrymen and church wardens. | Christ Episcopal Church, Chaptico |
| 1735/00/00 | The Rector, Vestrymen and church wardens of King and Queen Parish are authorized by His Lordship's Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly to build a new brick church at a place to be determined at a meeting at Chaptico. | Christ Episcopal Church, Chaptico |
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