Southern Colonies Maryland Founded In 1632 Founded by Lord Baltimore

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Southern ColoniesMarylandFounded In
1632Founded by Lord Baltimore

• Presented by Julia Gwozdz and Michael Stancy

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Geographical Characteristics and Climate

• 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.

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Reason For Settlement

• They wanted a refuge for Catholics.
• They also settled so Christians could worship
  freely.

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Religious Beliefs

• They were Catholic.
• They wanted to worship freely.
• Catholics in England were often punished for
  their religious beliefs.

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Government

• The Government passed the Toleration act in 1649.
  
• The Toleration Act was the first law in North
  America to promise that all Christians could
  worship freely.

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

• Reading, writing, and dancing, and music for the
  rich.
• Reading and writing for the poor if their parents
  taught them.
• The rich hired teachers to instruct the children.

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Agriculture/Manufacturing

• Agriculture was tobacco ,rice ,wheat, corn, and
  indigo.
• Manufacturing was shipbuilding and iron works.

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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 planters family usually lived in grand
  mansions.
• Simple wooden cabins were homes for most farming
  families.

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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.

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Other Interesting Facts

• The colony of Maryland began in 1632,when King
  Charles 1 of England gave land in North America
  to Cecilius Calvert.
• Maryland became a state in April 28,1788.

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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.