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One of 1st proprietary colonies (colonies owned by individual instead of joint-stock)
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chesapeake colony of maryland
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granted by Charles I to sir George Calvert
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chesapeake colony of maryland
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first lord Baltimore
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George Calvert
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second lord of Baltimore; founded the colony (Cecil county named after him); George Calvert's son
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Cecelius Calvert
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Lord Baltimore's purpose
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refuge for English Catholics who were subjected to discrimination in England
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What happened in 1634?
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Baltimore planted the first settlement at St. Mary's, just north of the Potomac on the Chesapeake bay
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Religion in the Chesapeake colony?
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Mostly catholic but protestants came also
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Successful in growing/producing what? ($$$)
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TOBACCO (mostly rural)
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What happened in 1635?
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the first legislative assembly met
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What happened in 1650?
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legislature divided into 2 houses with the governor and his council sitting separately from the lower house (Senate and House of Delegates)
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What happened in 1649?
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Lord Baltimore agreed to the Act of Toleration
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What was the result of the Act of Toleration?
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guaranteed freedom of religion to anyone "professing to believe in Jesus Christ." ; helped to ensure catholic safety in Maryland
religious "freedom" for CHRISTIANS ONLY - a.k.a practice CHRISTIANITY however you want |
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When the colonial era ended, Maryland sheltered more people of what religion than any other English speaking colony?
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Roman Catholics
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How does the Maryland Toleration Act relate to the Constitution?
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it was a precursor to the first amendment
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What was the primary motive for establishing the middle, or mid-Atlantic colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware?
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to develop profitable trading centers
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Who were some of the first people to settle in the area?
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the dutch
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What country won independence from Spain in the late 16th century? Who helped them?
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Netherlands; Protestant England
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What did the Netherlands evolve into?
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a major commercial and naval power; challenged its former benefactor, England, on several occasions during the seventeenth century
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Who developed colonies by authorizing joint-stock companies to go forth and establish trading outposts and commerce (like the English)?
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Dutch
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What did The Dutch East India Company establish?
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a trading empire that was profitable for over three hundred years; sought greater riches and a passageway around America to China
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Who did the Dutch East India Company hire to help find passageways around America to China?
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Henry Hudson, an English explorer
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Henry Hudson
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an English explorer; hired by DEIC; sailed along the upper coast of North America, and in 1609 he encountered Delaware Bay and the river named for him, the Hudson River and claimed it all for dutch
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What was The Dutch West India Company?
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operated primarily in the Caribbean; more interested in raiding than trading; 1624 permanently settled New Netherland, in the Hudson River area, as a fur trading port
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What land did the Dutch buy from Indians?
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Manhattan Island (for pennies an acre)
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Where did the Dutch start trading posts?
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New Amsterdam, later called New York, and upriver at Fort Orange, later called Albany
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patroonships
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large feudal estates along the Hudson River granted to stockholders who promised to have fifty adults living on the estate within four years
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Were patroonships successful? Why/ Why not?
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NO because volunteers for serfdom were hard to find
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