Why Was the Act for Religious Toleration of 1649 Significant

Multiple Choice

Why was the Act for Religious Toleration of 1649 significant?

A) It protected Puritans in Massachusetts from religious persecution and was America's first law affirming freedom of worship.
B) It allowed Native Americans to perform their own religious rites in "praying towns."
C) It embodied the fundamental anti-authoritarian tenets of the Antinomians.
D) It protected Catholics in Maryland from religious persecution.
E) It promoted social stability in the British West Indies.