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Colonies Project: Maryland

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MARYLAND

TAYLOR COFFER

FOUNDER'S INFORMATION

  • Founder: Lord Baltimore
  • born in Yorkshire, England and studied at Trinity College at Oxford.
  • Died in 1632
  • In 1632 Lord Baltimore, suffering ill health, sent his son Leonard Calvert, together with 300 Catholic settlers back to America.

COLONIAL LIFE

  • Capital- St. Mary's City
  • Cash Crop- Tobacco
  • Religion- Catholic
  • Population-26,500 to 31,500 colonist
  • Made money by growing crops (agriculture)

MARYLAND FACTS

  • Founded on April 28, 1788
  • Southern colony
  • Founded for religious freedom
  • Government type: Proprietary
  • Proprietary:Various colonies which was granted by the crown, was owned by a person or group of people.

MORE MARYLAND FACTS

  • Major Cities: Baltimore, Annapolis
  • Significant Landforms: Chesapeake Bay

WHY I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN MARYLAND

  • Freedom from the king and a monoarchy
  • Small population
  • By the Chesapeake Bay
  • Government type ( I think it's kinda like a democracy)