By: Melanie Bunker

Bringing commercial advantages to the companiesIndustries that were set up (mainly tobacco)

earned a profit for colonyReligious freedom

Roman Catholics were being persecuted in England fled to establish a colony so could practice their religion however they wanted

Maryland was a province- Lord Baltimore’s authority was like the power of a king

Representative governmentFirst proprietary government in colonial

America (government by a lord proprietor, who holds his authority of a royal charter)

Boundary issues between Maryland and PennsylvaniaMason-Dixon line dividing the border of

Maryland and Pennsylvania Purchased land from the Native Americans Charter stated that everyone within colony

will have same rights as if they were living in England

Almost all landowners were CatholicBattles between Virginia and Maryland over

land disputes

English settlementLeonard Calvert took 200 immigrants to the

settlement at St. Mary, Maryland. Annapolis was founded in 1683 and Baltimore

in 1729.

Manufacturing goods such as shipbuilding and iron works

Agriculture included tobacco, corn, wheat, rice, and indigo

Indentured servants Held contract for 5-6 years to earn freedom

from masterGot the right to vote once owned land

First colony that practiced religious toleranceToleration Act 1649People who were being persecuted from other

colonies came to Maryland for religious toleranceCatholics and Protestants lived in same colonyVirginians did not agree with religious freedom Puritans have revolted against the proprietary

form of governmentSince the first settlements in Maryland were

populated by immigrants, having those different traditions made it hard to set up society

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