Essentials of United States history . From a medal of 1632Cecil Calvert, Second LordBaltimore. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES 37. A Baltimore Shilling. king asked two Indian arrows, which were to be deliveredyearly on Tuesday of Easter week, and a fifth of all the goldand silver. The arrows were faithfully presented every year,but Maryland never pro-duced enough gold andsilver to fill the kingspurse once. In Maryland,Calvert had powers al-most equal to a for the colonyhe ruled with justice andwisdom. The colonists were allowed great freedom, andtaxes could only be levied by an assembly
Essentials of United States history . From a medal of 1632Cecil Calvert, Second LordBaltimore. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES 37. A Baltimore Shilling. king asked two Indian arrows, which were to be deliveredyearly on Tuesday of Easter week, and a fifth of all the goldand silver. The arrows were faithfully presented every year,but Maryland never pro-duced enough gold andsilver to fill the kingspurse once. In Maryland,Calvert had powers al-most equal to a for the colonyhe ruled with justice andwisdom. The colonists were allowed great freedom, andtaxes could only be levied by an assembly elected by thepeople. 40. Religious Toleration. — Maryland was founded firstas a business venture and second as a refuge for RomanCatholics, who were at the time greatly oppressed in Eng-land. Though there was no section of the charter whichabsolutely granted religious freedom, every settler was allowedto hold any religious faith he pleased, provided only he be-lieved in Jesus Christ and respected the creeds of freedom in religious matters was not at that time grantedanywhere else except in Holland,
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