Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
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Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, was an English statesman who was granted a charter in 1632 to establish the colony of Maryland. His primary goal was to create a haven for Roman Catholics in North America, offering them religious freedom. Calvert never visited Maryland himself, but he commissioned his younger brother, Leonard Calvert, as the first governor. Leonard Calvert led the founding expedition in 1634, establishing the first settlement at St. Marys City. The colony's economy was largely based on tobacco farming, and it was intended to be a place of religious tolerance, though this was later formalized by the Act Concerning Religion in 1649.123
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United StatesMarylandBaltimore’s son Cecilius Calvert took over the project at his father’s death and promoted a settlement at St. Mary’s on the Potomac. Supplied in part by Virginia, the Maryland colonists managed to sustain their settlement in modest fashion from the beginning. As in Virginia, however, the early…
Read MoreBaltimore’s son Cecilius Calvert took over the project at his father’s death and promoted a settlement at St. Mary’s on the Potomac. Supplied in part by Virginia, the Maryland colonists managed to sustain their settlement in modest fashion from the beginning. As in Virginia, however, the early…
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Maryland…Charles I, by a grateful Cecilius (Cecil) Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, who was granted a charter for the land in 1632. Annapolis, the state capital, lies on Chesapeake Bay, roughly equidistant from Baltimore (north) and Washington, D.C. (west).
Read More…Charles I, by a grateful Cecilius (Cecil) Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, who was granted a charter for the land in 1632. Annapolis, the state capital, lies on Chesapeake Bay, roughly equidistant from Baltimore (north) and Washington, D.C. (west).
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