MARYLAND

MARYLAND'S BEGINNING

• Started as a proprietary colony on June 10th, 1632
• Named after a French princess Henrietta Maria
• Governed by a German Palatinate Lord

PURPOSES FOR FOUNDING

• Founded as Catholic safe haven
• Also founded as buffer zone for the Dutch in New York

CONFLICTS IN THE COLONY

• Around 1644 Native Americans attacked the colony, and did not end until peace was signed in 1652
• During an English Civil War, religious conflicts would occur in the colony
• A Protestant revolution would occur in 1689, returning it as a royal colony

INTERESTING FACTS

• Passed Maryland Toleration Act, which would mandate toleration for other Christians
• Only proprietary colony given to a Catholic by the British government
• By the 18th century was an effective plantation colony
• Location of the Mason-Dixon Line
• One of the last two proprietary colonies
• Would become proprietary government again in 1769