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Apr 11, 2024 · George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (born 1578/79, Kipling, Yorkshire, Eng.—died April 15, 1632) was an English statesman who projected the founding of the North American province of Maryland, in an effort to find a sanctuary for practicing Roman Catholics.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · Learn more about Maryland and its geography, people, economy, and history. Maryland, constituent state of the United States of America. One of the original 13 states, it lies at the centre of the Eastern Seaboard, amid the great commercial and population complex that stretches from Maine to Virginia.
Apr 11, 2024 · The Southern Colonies were a region in Colonial America consisting of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. This region’s economy was primarily based on agriculture, particularly cash crops like tobacco and rice, cultivated on large plantations using slave labor.
- Randal Rust
2 days ago · The Thirteen Colonies in their traditional groupings were: the New England Colonies ( New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut ); the Middle Colonies ( New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware ); and the Southern Colonies ( Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia ). [2] .
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1 day ago · As the flow of indentured laborers to the colony decreased with improving economic conditions in England, planters in Maryland imported thousands more slaves and racial caste lines hardened. Maryland was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution .
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Apr 1, 2024 · Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of Christopher Columbus in the late 15th century.
Articles, Laws, and Orders, Divine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia (c. 1610) First, since we owe our highest and supreme duty—our greatest, and all our allegiance—to Him, from whom all power and authority is derived, and flows as from the first, and only fountain; and [since], being especial soldiers impressed in this sacred cause, we must alone expect our success from Him ...
