History of the United States . ean. The boundary line was drawnin 1764-1767 by two surveyors named Charles Mason and Jere-miah Dixon, and, after them, was called Mason and Dixons it became a line of demarcation between the northern andthe southern States. 23. Settlement of Maryland.—Mention of the origin of Masonand Dixons line leads to a consideration of the settlement of theneighboring proprietary province of Maryland, which was es-tablished a number of years before the colonies immediately tothe north of it. Early in the seventeenth century, George Calvert, a gentle-man of Yorksh
History of the United States . ean. The boundary line was drawnin 1764-1767 by two surveyors named Charles Mason and Jere-miah Dixon, and, after them, was called Mason and Dixons it became a line of demarcation between the northern andthe southern States. 23. Settlement of Maryland.—Mention of the origin of Masonand Dixons line leads to a consideration of the settlement of theneighboring proprietary province of Maryland, which was es-tablished a number of years before the colonies immediately tothe north of it. Early in the seventeenth century, George Calvert, a gentle-man of Yorkshire, was made an Irish nobleman as Lord Cai- Calvcrt was a Roman Catholic; and the Roman Catho-RomrnCath- Hcs, like the Puritans and the Quakers, were subjectedone colonists ^^ restrictions or persecution under the dominance ofthe Church of England. Calvert sought, therefore, a colony inthe New World where those of his own faith would be freed fromthe disabilities imposed upon them by the English law of that. SETTLEMENT OF MxVRYLAND 45 time. Lord Baltimore attempted to establish such a colony inNewfoundland as early as 1623. This proved a failure, and in1629 he tried to colonize a number of his followers at First boun- . - - . d a r i e s of Jamestown, but the Virgmians declared agamst receiv- Marylanding them. After considering the southern coast for a time, he finallysucceeded in securing a grant from Charles I to the reo;i()n northand east of the Potomac River, south of thefortieth parallel, and extending westward tothe source of the Potomac. The new prov-ince was named Maryland in honor of QueenHenrietta Maria. George Calvert died in1632, but the enterprise was taken up by hisson and heir, Cecilius Calvert, the secondLord Baltimore, and by Leonard Calvert. Lender his charter Lord Baltimore wasgiven royal powers in the province. He Avery s Historycould wage war, coin money, levy taxes, george calvert establish courts of justice, and even grant titles of no
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