No, you are thinking of Maryland, from Eduplace:
Maryland began in 1632 when King Charles I gave land to a Catholic
named Cecilius Calvert. Calvert wanted Maryland to be a
refuge for Catholics.
Maryland was established by Catholics for Catholics.
George Calvert not only wanted to settle somewhere where the climate was similar to England's, but he also wanted a place for people to be free of religious persecution and he also hoped that people would appreciate each other.
Sir George Calvert established the colony of Maryland in 1634 mainly for religious reasons. He wanted this colony to be for English Catholics, and he also wanted to demonstrate that Catholics and Protestants could co-exist in peace.
to help his fellow cathlics and he hoped to make a fortune.
emulate their Lord and Savior.
His reasons were:FinancialThe desire to create a refuge for Catholic settlers.And it had a milder climate.Calvert was the proprietor of Avalon, the first sustained English settlement on the island of Newfoundland.But he was discouraged by the climate and the sufferings of the settlers there, so Calvert looked for a more suitable spot further south and sought a new royal charter to settle the region that was to become the state of Maryland.Calvert hoped that Maryland would become a safe haven for Catholic settlers from England. It did.In addition, he was familiar with the fortunes that had been made in tobacco in Virginia, and hoped to recoup some of the financial losses he had sustained in his earlier colonial venture in Newfoundland.George Calvert died in April 1632, but a charter for "Maryland Colony"was granted to his son, Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, on June 20, 1632
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In 1629, George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore in the Irish House of Lords, fresh from his failure further north with Newfoundland's Avalon colony, applied to Charles I for a new royal charter for what was to become the Province of Maryland. Calvert's interest in creating a colony derived from his Catholicism and his desire for the creation of a haven for Catholics in the new world. In addition, he was familiar with the fortunes that had been made in tobacco in Virginia, and hoped to recoup some of the financial losses he had sustained in his earlier colonial venture in Newfoundland. George Calvert died in April 1632, but a charter for 'Maryland Colony' (in Latin, 'Terra Maria') was granted to his son, Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, on June 20, 1632. The new colony was named in honor of Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I. -Skopedog
George Calvert not only wanted to settle somewhere where the climate was similar to England's, but he also wanted a place for people to be free of religious persecution and he also hoped that people would appreciate each other.
When Georgia was established as a colony, it was intended as a buffer between Catholic Florida and protestant Carolina, thus Catholicism was outlawed, which makes no sense to me as they didn't outlaw protestants. From the website New Georgia Encyclopedia, Catholic Church (see link below): Oglethorpe led the British effort to establish a colony in Georgia. He hoped to create an enlightened society in Britain's southernmost American colony, while the British wanted Georgia to serve as a buffer zone between (Protestant) British Carolina to the north and (Catholic) Spanish Florida to the south. Oglethorpe encouraged such diverse, often oppressed, groups as the Lutheran Salzburgers, who established the Ebenezer settlement, and Spanish and German Jews to settle in the new colony. In recognition of its role as a military buffer and a haven for religious outcasts, however, the colony forbade the practice of Catholicism. When Georgia converted to a royal colony in the 1750s, the ban on Catholicism remained. Catholics would not find acceptance in Georgia until the American Revolution (1775-83).
They wanted to give Catholics a safe place to live.
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