History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . ngland inhabitants ofVirginia were invited by Governor Stone toMaryland. Their home here, which theynamed Providence, is now known as Annap-olis. The new-comers objected to the oathof fidelity, refused to send burgesses to theassembly, and were ready to overthrow thegovernment whose protection they were en-joying. Opportunity soon offered. Parlia-ment had already in 1652 brought Virginiato submission. Maryland was now accusedof disloyalty, and when we notice amongthe commissioners appointed by the Council
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . ngland inhabitants ofVirginia were invited by Governor Stone toMaryland. Their home here, which theynamed Providence, is now known as Annap-olis. The new-comers objected to the oathof fidelity, refused to send burgesses to theassembly, and were ready to overthrow thegovernment whose protection they were en-joying. Opportunity soon offered. Parlia-ment had already in 1652 brought Virginiato submission. Maryland was now accusedof disloyalty, and when we notice amongthe commissioners appointed by the Councilof State, the name of Clayborne, it is notdifficult to understand who was the authorof this charge. The governor was re-moved, but being popular and not averse tocompromise, was quickly restored. Thencame the accession of Cromwell to power asProtector of England. Parliament was dis- i65o] BALTIMORE AND HIS MARYLAND 161 solved. The authority of its commissionersof course ceased. Baltimore seized this op-portunity to regain his position as propri-etary. He bade Stone to require the oath. Oliver Cromwell. of fidelity to the proprietary from those whooccupied lands, and to issue all writs in hisname. He maintained that the provincenow stood in the same relations to the Pro-tectorate which it had borne to the royalistgovernment of Charles I. 162 DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT [1650 So thought Cromwell, but not so Clay-borne or the Maryland Puritans. They de-posed Stone, and put in power Fuller, whowas in sympathy with their designs. Thereresulted a reversal of the acts of formerassemblies, and legislation hostile to theCatholics. The new assembly, from whichCatholics were carefully excluded by dis-franchisement, at once repealed the Act ofToleration. Protection was withdrawn fromthose who professed the popish religion,and they were forbidden the exercise ofthat faith in the province. Severe penal-ties were threatened against prelacy andlicentiousness, thus restricting the bene-fits of the
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