It was on Tuesday 25 March 1634 when the first Maryland Colonists came ashore on St. Clements Island.
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English Catholics.
Yes, in the colony called New Sweden.
Roman Catholics.
The charter for the Maryland colony was granted to the 2nd Baron Baltimore on 20 June 1632. Maryland Day is 25 March, commemorating the arrival of the first settlers in the colony in 1634.
Maryland was settled by Catholics as it was the only colony at the time that would allow them to practice their faith without fear of persecution.
Most English Catholics settled in Maryland.
Maryland was founded first by Cecilius Calvert, or otherwise known as the 2nd Baron Baltimore.
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.
The Roanoke colony was settled on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina.
The Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony. The Puritans were the group that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony.