Southern ColoniesSouthern ColoniesMarylandMaryland

Founded In 1632Founded In 1632Founded by Lord BaltimoreFounded by Lord Baltimore

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Geographical Characteristics and Geographical Characteristics and ClimateClimate

• The growing season was long. The crops could grow for seven or eight months.

• The land was warm and damp.• The region was perfect for growing

tobacco and rice.• The southern coast is a watery

world of rivers, bays, and wet lands.

• The climate and soil of the tidewater were excellent for farming.

• In the summer it was really hot.• Rich landowners cleared forests

and planted tobacco.• Most was covered with thick

forests.

Reason For SettlementReason For Settlement

►They wanted a They wanted a refuge for refuge for Catholics.Catholics.

►They also settled They also settled so Christians so Christians could worship could worship freely. freely.

Religious BeliefsReligious Beliefs

They were Catholic.They were Catholic. They wanted to They wanted to

worship freely.worship freely. Catholics in England Catholics in England

were often punished were often punished for their religious for their religious beliefs.beliefs.

GovernmentGovernment

The Government The Government passed the passed the Toleration act in Toleration act in 1649. 1649.

The Toleration Act The Toleration Act was the first law in was the first law in North America to North America to promise that all promise that all Christians could Christians could worship freely.worship freely.

1608—John Smith charts Chesapeake Bay for England 1631—William Claiborne established a trading post on Kent Island 1634—Leonard Calvert buys land from the Indians 1649—The Religious Toleration Act passes 1664—Slavery becomes legal 1775—Maryland enters the Revolutionary War 1788—Maryland becomes the 7th state in the Union 1791—Maryland gives up land to create Washington D.C. 1814—Francis Scott Key writes “The Star-Spangled Banner” in Baltimore 1828—The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begin America’s first railway 1844—First telegraph message is sent from Baltimore to Washington DC 1862—The Battle of Antietam 1876—John Hopkins University opens in Baltimore 1904—Baltimore’s downtown is destroyed in the Great Fire 1952—Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens 1954—Baltimore’s public schools are desegregated

EducationEducation

Reading, writing, Reading, writing, and dancing, and and dancing, and music for the rich.music for the rich.

Reading and Reading and writing for the poor writing for the poor if their parents if their parents taught them.taught them.

The rich hired The rich hired teachers to instruct teachers to instruct the children.the children.

Agriculture/ManufacturingAgriculture/Manufacturing

Agriculture was Agriculture was tobacco ,rice ,wheat, tobacco ,rice ,wheat, corn, and indigo.corn, and indigo.

Manufacturing was Manufacturing was shipbuilding and iron shipbuilding and iron works.works.

Settlements/Homes

Some people lived in simple wooden cabins and some people live in grand mansions.

Grand mansion were often decorated with fine furniture.

The planter’s family usually lived in grand mansions.

Simple wooden cabins were homes for most farming families.

Towns/Cities Chesapeake Bay was

one of the towns. By mid-1700s,

however, several ports in the South had grown into large cities.

Other cities in Maryland are Baltimore and Annapolis.

Other Interesting FactsOther Interesting Facts

The colony of The colony of Maryland began in Maryland began in 1632,when King 1632,when King Charles 1 of England Charles 1 of England gave land in North gave land in North America to Cecilius America to Cecilius Calvert.Calvert.

Maryland became a Maryland became a state in April 28,1788.state in April 28,1788.

Important People To Know

Some important people to know are King Charles 1, Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, and Eliza Lucas Pinckney.

Eliza Lucas Pinckney found a easier way to grow tobacco.

Lord Baltimore found Maryland.

Cecilius Calvert got land from King Charles 1.

King Charles 1 gave land to Cecilius Calvert.