George Calvert and his sons, Cecilius (Cecil) and Leonard, decided to establish the colony of Maryland in the New World as a haven for Catholic refugees. They also hoped to gain wealth from its development. Maryland's 1632 charter made the Calverts feudal lords and proprietors, with possess...
For, by the judgment of the King’s Bench in 1624, eight years before the issuing of the Baltimore Charter, in certain quo warrants proceedings instituted in the King’s Bench, the Virginia colony was converted into a royal colony, and the king revested with the title to all the ...
The Colonial General Assembly of Maryland created the Port of Baltimore at Locust Point in 1706 to support the tobacco trade with Europe. Fells Point, the deepest point in the natural harbor, soon became the colony’s main shipbuilding center, later becoming a leader in constructing clipper ships...
Maryland, and remained so for 60 years until 1695. More settlers soon followed. Their tobacco crops were successful and quickly made the new colony profitable. However, given the incidence of malaria, yellow fever, and typhoid, life expectancy in Maryland was about 10 years less than in New ...
In its early history Maryland was an agricultural colony, its main crop being tobacco. Manufacturing replaced agriculture as the dominant economic activity in the late 19th century. By the early 21st century only a small proportion of the gross state product came from agricultural products. The pri...
In 1608, John Smith charted the region while settling the colony of Jamestown, Virginia along the bay. What is the Chesapeake Bay known for? The Chesapeake Bay is known for its role in American conflict and the American economy. Many wars, such as the Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War,...
The settlement didn’t last long, though; only a few years after establishing the first settlement, colonial officials decided to move the capital of Maryland further inland to Annapolis, Maryland. That left Virginia without a home base for its colony (the governor had been living with his ...
An increased demand led to increases in harvests. The bay quickly began to deplete. From 1865 to 1959 there was a series of disputes that erupted among the various groups of oystermen. Sometimes violent, these disputes caused the government to intervene with a newly created Maryland Oyster Navy...
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Maryland was unique. As the first British colony to allow all Christians freedom of conscience, Maryland had a society that allowed rights for a variety of people. Extending from this point, the Maryland legal structure in the early colonial period allowed women many rights. As the system ...