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Jun 26, 2019 · Timeline. June 20, 1632: King Charles I grants a charter for the Maryland Colony. March 25, 1634: The first group of settlers, led by Leonard Calvert, reach St. Clement's Island in the Potomac River. They established St. Mary's City, the first Maryland settlement.
Aug 29, 2023 · Maryland was founded in April 1632 when King Charles I agreed to grant a charter to George Calvert, the 1st Lord Baltimore, in order to establish a colony in the New World where Catholics could live without the threat of religious persecution from Protestants.
- Randal Rust
In 1632 Cecilius Calvert was granted a charter for the land as a haven in which his fellow Roman Catholics might escape the restrictions placed on them in England. The first governor of the proprietary colony, Leonard Calvert, the younger brother of Cecilius, landed the founding expedition on St. Clements Island in the
Feb 9, 2010 · The first colonists to Maryland arrive at St. Clement’s Island on Maryland’s western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary’s. In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a...
- Missy Sullivan
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Charter of Maryland. Wikimedia Commons. King Charles I granted this charter to Cecil Calvert, Second Baron Baltimore, to establish a haven for Catholics in North America. The colony was named after Princess Henrietta Maria, Catholic wife of Charles. 1632.
The earliest verified and authenticated copy of the original Charter of Maryland. The original document was on loan to the State of Maryland from the Library of the House of Lords in honor of the 350th anniversary of Maryland and the occasion of the visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Kent to the State House, June 21, 1984.
On June 20, 1632, Charles granted the original charter for Maryland, a proprietary colony of about twelve million acres (49,000 km 2), to the 2nd Baron Baltimore. Some historians view this grant as a form of compensation for the 2nd Lord Baltimore's father's having been stripped of his title of Secretary of State upon announcing his Roman ...
