A history of the United States for schools . SETTLEMENT OF THE MIDDLE COLO- almost independent sover- NIES, 1614-64. ^ eign. He could coin money,and grant titles of nobility. He could create courts,and appoint the judges, and pardon criminals. He couldsummon an assembly of representatives, and such lawsas it might pass did not need to be approved by theking, but were in force as soon as signed by Lord Balti-more. Finally, his office was hereditary in his family,so that the lord proprietary of Maryland was very muchlike a king. Just before this charter was issued, George Calvertdied, so that it
A history of the United States for schools . SETTLEMENT OF THE MIDDLE COLO- almost independent sover- NIES, 1614-64. ^ eign. He could coin money,and grant titles of nobility. He could create courts,and appoint the judges, and pardon criminals. He couldsummon an assembly of representatives, and such lawsas it might pass did not need to be approved by theking, but were in force as soon as signed by Lord Balti-more. Finally, his office was hereditary in his family,so that the lord proprietary of Maryland was very muchlike a king. Just before this charter was issued, George Calvertdied, so that it was issued in the name of his son,Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore. Under hisrule, the first settlement was made at St. Marys, in 1634. § S7, 5S. THE MIDDLE ZONE. 127. In order to secure toleration for Catholics withoutoffending the British government, it was neces- ,. ^ , , . First set- sary to pursue a policy of general toleration, so tiement ofthat people of all creeds were drawn to Mary- ^^y^^-land, and the colony grew rapidly in population andwealth. 58. Religious Quar-rels in Maryland. Thepeople of Virginia werenot pleased at seeing aregion so near themgranted to Lord Balti-more for the site of arival colony. One Vir-ginia gentleman, Wil-liam Claiborne, whohad settled on KentIsland, in ChesapeakeBay, resisted the Mary-land settlers with armed force. He was defeated anddriven from Kent Island, in 1634, but he nursed hiswrath. By 1645, a good many Puritans had come toMaryland, and wished to undermine the proprie- ^tary government and to molest the Catholics, and catho-Supported by the Puritans, Claiborne invadedMaryland, and for a moment overthrew the government;but the loyal supporters of Lord Baltimore soon ralliedand drove him out. Once more,
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