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they wanted to start alot more plantations
George Calvert started the colony of Maryland. He wanted Catholics to have a colony. Not sure if I'm right though :P
The Maryland Colony was founded by the Calvert family as a refuge for English Catholics.
The charter for the colony of Maryland was granted to George Calvert Baron of Baltimore. He died, however, before the colony was settled. His son, Cecil Calvert or more commonly know as Lord Baltimore, saw to it that the colony was settled. In 1633, the first group of settlers sailed for the colony led by Leonard Calvert, Cecil Calvert's younger brother.
George Calvert.
It is mary land yo mama ;p
Maryland was founded by Catholic proprietors on land given to Cecillius Calvert.
The Calvert family led by Cecil Calvert, an English Catholic nobleman, started a colony where Catholics would be safe. This colony was settled in Maryland and allowed the Catholics to practice their religion without fears.
to provide a refugefor catholics
they wanted to start alot more plantations
The colony of Maryland.
George Calvert started the colony of Maryland. He wanted Catholics to have a colony. Not sure if I'm right though :P
The Maryland Colony was founded by the Calvert family as a refuge for English Catholics.
The province began as a proprietary colony of the English Lord Baltimore, whos owners of Pennsylvania, a tract that overlapped the Calvert family's Maryland.
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Yes, the Calvert family intended to offer a religious refuge to Catholics in the colony of Maryland.