Francis Bacon
Maryland was founded as a refuge for English Catholics.
Lord Baltimore wanted Maryland to be a sanctuary for disenfranchised Roman Catholics. Roman and Orthodox Catholicism was not popular in the American colonies.
Thomas Allen - English politician - was born in 1603.
Catholics
Lord Cecilius Calvert began the colony of Maryland as a safe haven for English Catholics.
The Maryland Colony was founded by the Calvert family as a refuge for English Catholics.
elizabeth
It means "to get excited."
escitatto
there was more catholics and protestants.
Australians speak English - so excited is still "excited"...If you are looking for slang, all I can think of at the moment is "stoked".