Welcome To Maryland

George Calvert (Lord Baltimore)

• Famous for his effort to create a refuge in America for English Catholics
• Born 1579, in Catterick, North Yorkshire, England
• Father was a member of landed gentry, owned small estate in Kipplin, Catterick, North Yorkshire

George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) continued!

• 1603 he undertook work for Sir Robert Cecil, Chief Minister of Queen Elizabeth I, that requiered traveling to Europe
• November 1604 he married Anne Mayne in Protestant ceremony, St. Peter's, Cornhill in London

George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) continued again

• In 1613 King James I commissioned George Calvert to check out Catholics in Ireland
• George Calvert got knighted in 1617 for his services to the king, King James I
• In 1610 & 1611, George Calvert went on missions to Europe on behalf of King James I of England

Religion

• No specific religion, it's a mix of, Baptists, Catholics, Anglicans, and more
• Religious Toleration, established by the law of Maryland Assembly, April 2, 1649
• Founding reason: religious freedom, especially for Catholics

Geography

• Coastal Plains, Piedmont Plateau, The Blue Ridge, separated by Chesapeake Bay
• About 250 miles long & 90 miles wide
• 9,837 square miles of land area

Economy

• Agriculture: tobacco, cotton, corn, vegetables, grain, fruit & livestock
• Largest slave population grew, rice, sugar & indigo (a kind of dye)
• Traded items not in plantation, such as: shoes, lace, thread, farm tools & dishes

Big Cities & Climate

• Big Cities: Baltimore, Capital- Annapolis
• Climate: Warm Winters, & hot Summers, Warm weather spreads disease, warmth makes it easy to grow crops and makes it good for plantations

Government

• Government: 1775 Maryland was governed as a Proprietary Colony which means a Monarchy chooses people to run a piece of land

Fun Facts

• Maryland's original name was the 'Province of Maryland'
• Maryland was the 7th of the original colonies

Fun Facts Continued!

• Maryland became a state April 28, 1788
• King Charles I of England named Maryland after his wife, Queen Henrietta Maria