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GCSE History · key term
Allowing people to practise religious beliefs different from those of the established church.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Paper 2
The acceptance of people practising different religious beliefs without persecution.
Revise: Developments in Colonial SocietyAuthorities were willing to permit religious toleration to encourage frontier settlement. Presbyterian communities there differed from the Anglican-dominated coastal region. Expansion thus spread settlement while creating communities with different interests and religious identities.
Paper 2, Paper 3
Do not treat religious toleration as complete equality. Jewish communities could worship and establish businesses while still facing prejudice.
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Allowing people to practise a religion different from that of the authorities, without necessarily granting them complete equality.