The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . countryin the world at that time the established religion, ofwhatever sort it might be, was enforced by law. The colonists came in two ships called the Ark andthe Dove; they settled first at a place which they calledSt. Marys, on the St. Marys River, not far from thePotomac. They bought from the Indians living on theplace their village and corn-ground, and for the rest ofthat season they lived in half of the village with the In- MAJ?VLAX£> AND THE CAROLIXAS. 55. dians. The colony had man} troublesand several li
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . countryin the world at that time the established religion, ofwhatever sort it might be, was enforced by law. The colonists came in two ships called the Ark andthe Dove; they settled first at a place which they calledSt. Marys, on the St. Marys River, not far from thePotomac. They bought from the Indians living on theplace their village and corn-ground, and for the rest ofthat season they lived in half of the village with the In- MAJ?VLAX£> AND THE CAROLIXAS. 55. dians. The colony had man} troublesand several little civil wars in its earlyyears. These mostly grew out of thereligious differences of the people. Butafter a while Maryland prospered andgrew rich by raising tobacco. Themoney of Maryland as of Virginia wastobacco, and the two colonies weremuch alike in traits of their business and social life. After the settlement of New England by Puritans, n^and Maryland by Catholics, there was a period of aboutthirty years in which no new colonies were this period occurred the Great Rebellion in England,in which Charles I was beheaded, and his son Charles IIwas kept out of England by the Puritans under OliverCromwell. But, after Cromwells death, Charles II wasbrought back to the throne of England in 1660. Thisis known as the Restoration. After the Restoration there was a new interest in cjcolonies. New York was taken from the Dutch, and tonew colonies were planned. King Charles II was avery thoughtless, self-indulgent monarch, who freel
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