MARYLAND

HISTORY

• Maryland was founded by catholic colonists under the leader of Calvery in 1634
• It was settled at St.Clements island, west to the Chesapeake Bay in 1634
• Maryland was founded so Catholics could practice there religion in peace
• Also it was for a refuge for Catholics who were persecuted in England.

GEOGRAPHY/ LOCATION

• Maryland is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
• Pennsylvania to the north.
• Virginia to the south.
• It is also known as the Appalachian region

GEOGRAPHY/PLACE

• There biggest city was St.Mary's City it was most popular.
• Almost 200 people were living there but it grew as the assembly met.
• It also grew when families came when in search of food and lodging.
• In St.Mary's City nearly every building regulated by law was to serve as a bar.
• Also to serve as a motel or a restaurant at some point.

GEOGRAPHY/HUMAN INTERACTION

• Some human interactions with the earth are lodging.
• Also fishing, farming, and pottering.
• They also did a lot of growing crops and gardening.

GEOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT

• People would move around to other places by foot
• Also they would move by boat, or wheeled vehicle
• Whatever was the least expensive to get from one place to another.

GEOGRAPHY/REGION

• Maryland is in the north east region.

ECONOMY

• Maryland's major jobs were mostly farming.
• Maryland' major export was tobacco.
• Wheat and corn is also major exports for Maryland.
• Maryland's first industry was agriculture.
• A shipbuilding industry occurred in the eighteen and nineteenth century.

ECONOMY/NATIVES

• The first Indians were the Yaocomico Indians.
• They would let the colonists live in their houses called witchotts.
• The colonists would give the Indians clothes and farming tools for land
• The Indians would tp also teach the colonists how to grow crops

GOVERNMENT

• Maryland had a proprietary government
• Which means that a lord owns the land and colonists can use it.
• All Christian religions could vote and non-white males could not.
• Maryland declared war on the Yaocomico Indians in 1642.
• But Maryland was defeated in 1644.

GOVERNMENT

• There was a lot of hatred until a peace treaty was made in 1652.
• Ask the teacher
• Ask the teacher
• They were related in the Boston Tea Party in 1773.