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3 days ago · The New England Colonies, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, were substantially motivated by their founders' concerns related to the practice of religion. The other colonies were founded for business and economic expansion. The Middle Colonies were established on the former Dutch colony of New Netherland.
3 days ago · As one of the original Thirteen Colonies, Maryland was founded by George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, a Catholic convert who sought to provide a religious haven for Catholics persecuted in England. In 1632, Charles I of England granted Lord Baltimore a colonial charter, naming the colony after his wife, Henrietta Maria.
Apr 26, 2024 · Upon returning to Maryland in 1765, Charles Carroll discovered a colony in the midst of deep economic and political transformation. His homeland, set against the swiftly shifting dynamics of the American colonies, compelled Carroll to reconcile his European enlightenment with Maryland's pressing realities.
Apr 26, 2024 · Maryland was founded by George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, who applied to King Charles I for a royal charter for a colony where Catholics could find religious freedom. After George Calvert died, the charter for the Maryland Colony was granted to his son, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, in 1632. …
Apr 26, 2024 · The first European settlement in the bay area, Jamestown, was founded in 1607. One year later the English colonist Captain John Smith explored and mapped the bay and its estuaries, and soon afterward settlers came to the bay’s easily accessible, well-protected shores.
Apr 20, 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.
Apr 15, 2024 · The Colonial Annapolis Historic District contains the Maryland State House (1772–79), the oldest state capitol still in legislative use, where Congress ratified (January 14, 1784) the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolution; the Old Treasury (1735–37); St. Anne’s Episcopal Church (founded 1692); and more than 60 pre-Revolutionary houses ...
