MARYLAND

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)

THE END!!

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