Not for protestants but for Catholics
The colony of Maryland was founded as a safe haven for English Catholics. The economy of Maryland focused on tobacco.
It was founded as a Catholic haven but never had a Catholic majority population.
To provide a haven for England's Catholic minority and to make a profit.
Lord Baltimore founded Maryland as a safe haven for Catholics who were normally harassed in the other colonies, so Catholics flocked to Maryland.
A royal charter to found a colony was granted to the English Catholic nobleman, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore in 1632. The earliest settlers of the Maryland colony included both Catholics and Protestants, but Catholics held the key positions in colony government.
Maryland was a colony founded as a haven for Catholics.
Lord Calvert, the 2nd Earl of Baltimore founded Maryland.
As a haven for England's minority Catholics.
It was intended to be a haven for English Catholics.
As a haven for English Catholics and to seek a profit.
As a haven for English Catholics and to seek a profit.
The state of Maryland was originally a Catholic colony.
The colony of Maryland was founded as a safe haven for English Catholics. The economy of Maryland focused on tobacco.
One way Georgia differed from Maryland was in terms of its initial purpose. Georgia was established as a colony for debtors and to act as a buffer between the British colonies and Spanish Florida, while Maryland was founded as a haven for Catholics seeking religious freedom.
Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the Catholic Church. . Maryland was founded by Lord Calvert as a refuge for persecuted Catholics from England.
It was founded as a Catholic haven but never had a Catholic majority population.
Lord Calvert, the 2nd Earl of Baltimore founded Maryland.