. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. yland continued inconfusion and turmoil until 1661, when Lord Baltimore wasrestored to his rights as proprietor. After this, for aboutthirty years, peace and harmony reigned throughout theprovince. 9. On the dethronement of James II. (1689), religiousbigotry broke out anew. The Protestants, under a wickedand designing man named Coode, seized the government andoppressed the Catholics. Two years later, the colony wasmade a royal province ; and in 1699, the capital was removedfrom St. Marys to Annapolis. Catholics did
. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. yland continued inconfusion and turmoil until 1661, when Lord Baltimore wasrestored to his rights as proprietor. After this, for aboutthirty years, peace and harmony reigned throughout theprovince. 9. On the dethronement of James II. (1689), religiousbigotry broke out anew. The Protestants, under a wickedand designing man named Coode, seized the government andoppressed the Catholics. Two years later, the colony wasmade a royal province ; and in 1699, the capital was removedfrom St. Marys to Annapolis. Catholics did not recovertheir rights until the Eevolution. 10. Manners.—Apart from religion, the manners andoccupations of the Maryland colonists much resembled those of the Virginians. There were fewlarge towns, and the people gener-ally lived on plantations, and raisedtobacco. Indian corn and the sweetpotato were cultivated at an earlyperiod, and the waters of the Bayfurnished much-prized delicacies, inthe oyster and the canvas-back8BAL OP duck. Thcrc was no regular post,. MARYLAND. 125 letters being sent by private hand. Traveling was per-formed on horseback by land, and in canoes or other smallboats by water. It was a delightful termination to aday of weary journeying, when the bridle was loosedbefore an inviting country home, and the gentlemanlyhost came forth to offer his courteous welcome. Free, gen°erous, a prince in hospitality, the southern gentleman keptopen house for all respectable strangers who might desirefood or lodging. 11. On the low verandas and balconies, climbed in wildluxuriance, the yellow jasmine, sweet honeysuckle, or thetrumpet flower; while the soft air was fragrant with thebreath of scented shrubs, which sprang from the warm moist^arth. Within the dwelling, the music of the fiarpsichordwas oftener heard than the hum of the spinning-wheel,though the southern matron had, too, her own peculiarround of duties. Black slaves performed all the domesticlab
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