Catholics
maryland
English Catholics.
Yes, in the colony called New Sweden.
Roman Catholics.
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.
It was on Tuesday 25 March 1634 when the first Maryland Colonists came ashore on St. Clements Island.
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.
when we the colony of Georgia settled
No, Rhode Island was not a type of joint stock colony. It was considered a type of royal colony because it was settled under a royal charter.
Catholics settled the colony of Maryland to escape the persecution in England. England had become anti-Catholic after King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church to establish his own church.
Maryland was a southern colony