The Maryland Colony was founded by the Calvert family as a refuge for English Catholics.
If you are referring to the original 13 colonies, Maryland was founded as a refuge fo Catholics.
Lord Baltimore wanted Maryland to be a sanctuary for disenfranchised Roman Catholics. Roman and Orthodox Catholicism was not popular in the American colonies.
Maryland was established by Lord Calvert as a refuge for persecuted English Catholics.
I know of no country that was started by Catholics to avoid persecution by the British. However, one of the colonies, Maryland, was created as a refuge for English Catholics. Later it became the state of Maryland.
Lord Cecilius Calvert began the colony of Maryland as a safe haven for English Catholics.
Maryland was founded as a refuge for Catholics.
There was serious persecution of English Catholics during the time period.
English Catholics.
Cecil Calvert intended for Maryland to be a refuge where English Roman Catholics could live without religious persecution. He established this colony in 1634. Cecil Calvert's title was Second Lord Baltimore.
Cecilius Calvert founded Maryland as a refuge for Catholics.
both of the settlements were populated by the english.