A history of the United States for schools . SETTLEMKNT OF MARYLAND. 58, 59- THE MIDDLE ZONE. 129 land, though there were variations in detail, and noother rulers came quite so near kingship as the first, the settlers of Maryland supported themselves,just like the settlers of Virginia, by raising tobacco onlarge plantations; and in regard to negro slaves, poorwhites, scarcity of towns, and absence of public freeschools, the two colonies were almost exactly alike. Butin the eighteenth century, the wheat crop came . . ? - ^ Life in the to be very large ; great quantities of wheat and
A history of the United States for schools . SETTLEMKNT OF MARYLAND. 58, 59- THE MIDDLE ZONE. 129 land, though there were variations in detail, and noother rulers came quite so near kingship as the first, the settlers of Maryland supported themselves,just like the settlers of Virginia, by raising tobacco onlarge plantations; and in regard to negro slaves, poorwhites, scarcity of towns, and absence of public freeschools, the two colonies were almost exactly alike. Butin the eighteenth century, the wheat crop came . . ? - ^ Life in the to be very large ; great quantities of wheat and Marylandflour were exported, and the city of Baltimore, *^° °^founded in 1729, soon became one of the most thrivingAtlantic seaports. With the lapse of time, Marylandbecame more and more a commercial state, and her inter-ests, while partly like those of Virginia, were also partlylike those of Pennsylvania and New York. 59. The Settlement of New Netherland by theDutch. Before the Calverts had made their first settle-. r:^^
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