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 colony of Maryland was founded in 1634 and was one of the first 13 colonies. At the time it was founded, Charles the First was on the throne of England, and his wife, Henrietta Maria, would be the inspiration for the colony's name....
Who was the first Christian nation? Who created the Maryland Toleration Act? Who was Maryland named after? Who was the first Catholic priest in Australia? What religious group settled the Plymouth Colony? Who was the proprietor of the colony of Maryland?
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...
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...
Baltimore was established in 1729 and named for the Irish barony of Baltimore (seat of the Calvert family, proprietors of the colony of Maryland). It was created as a port for shipping tobacco and grain, and soon local waterways were being harnessed for flour milling. At the outbreak of th...
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 ...
We initially thought the land might have been occupied by Captain Richard Smith, one of the few Protestant militia officers to support Lord Baltimore during the “Glorious Revolution” of 1688-1689. However, Capt. Smith appears to have been settled elsewhere within the colony, and though he was...
Maryland Colony Thirteen Colonies A Southern Colony The Province of Maryland was an English colony in North America that was founded in 1632. It began as a proprietary colony of Lord Baltimore, who wanted to create a haven for English Catholics in the New World, and to demonstrate that ...